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$51.75 

 834 bushels, at 30 cents per bushel, which is one-half cent 



per pound, $100.20 



Expenses deducted, 51.75 



Leaving the profits, $48.45 



We finished gathering the crop Nov. 12, and found it to be 334 

 bushels, 60 lbs. to the bushel. 



I have about come to the conclusion that we do not value the 

 ruta baga, or Swedish turnip high enough, and that we estimate 

 carrots too high. I am testing the relative value of ruta bagas 

 and carrots for milch cows. I have always supposed that it would 

 not do to feed milch cows with ruta bagas, that they would affect 

 the taste of the milk, but I now think it is not so. I have now 

 been feeding my cows the last week on ruta bagas, commencing 

 with about 4 quarts per day and increasing to a peck per day. I 

 have not yet detected anything in the milk which is offensive. I 

 intend to continue to feed with ruta bagas two or three weeks 

 longer, and then feed with the same quantity of carrots, measuring 

 the milk, so that I can ascertain the difference, if any. 



Newburyport, Nov. 14. 1855. 



