116 ROOT CROPS. 



about 8 to 10 cords per acre. This year I put on about 12 cords 

 per acre. Sowed the Onions the 12th of May. Yield on one half 

 acre, 537 1-2 bushels, weighing 50 lbs per bushel. 



5th. The land on which the Carrots were raised was also broken 

 up in the Spring of '51 ; planted then with Kuta Baga Turnips ; 

 in '52 with Squashes ; in '53 with Ruta Baga Turnips, and manured 

 each year about as the Onion land spoken of above. This year it 

 was manured with rotten kelp and green barn manure, (by which I 

 mean barn-droppings,) from 10 to 12 cords per acre. Planted the 

 81st of May. Yield, 34974 lbs, or 635 bushels and 49 lbs. 



6th. The land on which the Potatoes were raised was not all in 

 one field, a small part of the seed being planted in two rows around 

 the sides of another field. I am not, therefore, able to state 

 precisely the quantity of land, but from the seed planted, (being 

 but 9 1-2 bushels,) it could not have exceeded an acre ; probably 

 less. The yield was 260 bushels of the finest quality of Potatoes 

 I have ever raised. The land was planted with Potatoes in 1852 ; 

 sowed in the Fall with Winter Rye, which I took off the following 

 Summer ; ploughed the land in September, and turned in quite a 

 crop of green grass and weeds ; ploughed it again last Spring, after 

 spreading on 8 or 10 cords of good barn compost manure. The 

 Potatoes were planted in May. 



EPIIM. BROWN. 



Marblehead, Nov. 13th, 1854. 



I certify to the correctness of the above statements. 



WM. S. HAKROD, Foreman. 



BENJAMIN HUNTINGTON'S STATEMENT. 



I take the liberty of presenting to your notice a statement of the 

 culture and product of one half acre of ground, on which onions 

 were raised the present season. The land is situate in the south- 

 easterly part of Danvers, near Gardner's farm. It was formerly a 

 part of Whittredge's orchard, a few of the trees remaining. It is a 

 strong dark colored soil, and has always borne good crops of what- 

 ever was put upon it. It has sometimes been in grass, and at 

 other times under culture. The entire piece on which onions were 

 planted contained about two acres. I had gathered 550 bushels, 

 when it was suggested to me by a gentlemen long interested in your 



