70 ON ROOT CROPS. 



ured a piece of land for Allen Putnam, on which he had 

 growing a crop of corn, and found the same to contain 

 leOyVo rods. ARZA BROWN, Surveyor. 



Hamilton, Nov. 3, 1842. 



We hereby certify that we assisted Mr. Allen Put- 

 nam in harvesting, in measuring and in weighing his 

 corn that grew on the land measured by Mr. Brown, 

 and that we obtained 107 baskets of large ears, and 10 

 baskets of small ears. The corn when husked was near- 

 ly all of it quite dry, the small as well as the large. Six 

 baskets of the large were weighed, and the average net 

 weight per basket was 43| lbs. Two baskets of the 

 small averaged 41^ lbs. 



GEORGE H. FOSS. 



LEMUEL S. FOSS. 

 Hamilton, Nov. 3, 1842. 



ON ROOT CROPS. 



The Committee on Root Culture have met and at- 

 tended to the duty assigned them, and respectfully 

 Report: 



The statement offered by Mr. Josiah Crosby, of An- 

 dover, on his carrot crop, was not so particular as the 

 regulations of the Society require, to entitle him to a 

 premium. As it regards the former condition and cul- 

 tivation of the land, we think the crop a fair one, but 

 not entitled to a premium. The crop offered was six 

 hundred and eighty bushels to the acre. 



The statement of Mr. Moses A. Shackley, of Dan- 

 vers, gives thirty-six tons, five cwt., from two acres 

 thirty-four rods. The crop we think a very fine one; 

 but, as in the statement of Mr. Crosby, he has 

 neglected to state the previous condition of the land, 

 how it has been manured, or what the crops taken from 

 it previous to the carrot crop; also, the value of ma- 

 nure and labor. 



