ON ROOT CROPS. . 83 



Spreading manure, ploughing, harrowing, raking, and 



sowing seed, - - - - - 6 00 



Seed, ------ 1 00 



Hoeing, weeding, and harvesting, - - - 26 50 



$74 50 



VALUE OF CARROTS. 



Fifteen and a half tons, at $10, - $155 00 



Tops, as fodder for cows, - - - 25 00 



180 00 



Net profit, - - - - - $105 50 



In view of this result, I would ask what crop makes better 



returns than carrots well attended to ? 



RICHARD P. WATERS. 

 Cherry Hill Farm, Beverly, Nov. 1852. 



CHARLES FRENCH'S STATEMENT. 

 I offer one half of an acre of land, in potatoes, for premium . 

 The land a bog, in a wild state, at commencement, and yield- 

 ing nothing. 



Cost of digging up, with spad-e, - - - $6 00 



" " planting, - - - - 13 00 



" " hoeing, - - - - - 11 00 



" " seed, six bushels of black and chenango pota- 

 toes, (four bushels black, two of chenangoes,) 4 67 

 Cost of manure, (stable manure and sand,) - - 15 00 

 " " digging and housing potatoes, - - 10 00 



$59 67 

 The product was, of black potatoes, 117 bushels. 

 Of chenangoes, 24 " 



The chenangoes were dug early, before fully grown or ma- 

 tured. CHARLES FRENCH, 

 Andover, Oct. 1852. 



