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Society, that I had better measure exactly the amount grown on 

 half an acre. Accordingly I selected a square piece, and had one 

 half acre measured ofi* by Joshua Buxton, jr., a competent surveyor. 

 From this I gathered 879 bushel baskets full as they were sorted 

 and cleaned for the market. I have no doubt they would have 

 measured 400 bushels as usually shovelled from a pile together. 

 The onions were large and plump, and as fair looking as I ever saw. 

 The seed I raised myself. I applied about six cords of well fined 

 stable manure to the acre ; sowed in rows fourteen inches apart ; 

 kept the ground clear of weeds. On one corner of the field the 

 trees impeded the growth of the crop considerably. There may 

 have been superior crops in this neighborhood, but I have never 

 seen one that I thought was better. 

 Danvers, Oct. 1st, 1854. 



JAMES MANNING'S STATEMENT. 

 I have this season planted on the field belonging to Messrs. 

 Sanders and Roberts, in Hamilton, one and one tenth acres, with 

 carrot seed. I sowed one and a half pounds of seed. The land 

 is low and level ; for three or four years past it has had but little 

 manure ; but this season I spread on about three cords of horse 

 manure, and ploughed it in; value of manure $20. After raking 

 the ground, I then planted it in rows with long orange carrot seed ; 

 and finished gathering the crop November 9th ; value of labor $40. 

 The yield was about twenty tons. I have weighed and sold, or 

 otherwise disposed of 39,612 pounds, which at 55 pounds per 

 bushel gives 72ii bushels 12 pounds. 



Hamilton, Nov. 13, 1854. 



UNDEK-DRAININa. 



An experiment in under-draining was entered for premium, but 

 too late to be examined by the Committee. It being the first of the 

 kind ever presented to the Society, it is submitted by the Secretary 

 as a valuable and interesting paper. 



