76 ON ROOT CROpS. 



July 9th, removed the weeds. July 20th, used the cul- 

 tivator again. Jul}' 22d and 23d, hoed, thinned and 

 transplanted where necessary. This was the whole of 

 the cultivation. Another stirring of the soil by the cul- 

 tivator was intended, but the rains prevented until the 

 plants became so large that it was thought best not to 

 do anything more to them. 



Oct. 29. Pulled the crop, topped it, and stowed into 

 heaps of fifteen or twenty bushels each. Nov. 1st and 

 2d, measured the crop, and stowed it away lor winter 

 use. 



The items of cost, if labor is counted at $1 per day, 

 are nearly as follows : 



Interest on land, _ - - 



15 bushels of bone, - - - 



600 gallons salt ley, 



7 loads of soil, _ _ _ 



7 " of sand, - - 



5 " of meadow mud twice handled, ~ 



Throwing over twice, _ - - 



4 loads of barn-cellar compost, 



Ploughing, - - - - 



Harrowing three times, 



Putting on manure, - - - 



Ridging and sowing, 



Seed, - - - - - 



Cultivating and weeding first time, - 



Do. 2d time, and thinning and transplanting. 



Harvesting, - - - - 5 00 



^39 50 

 No allowance beins; made for the unexhausted ma- 

 nure, and for the improvement of the ground; also, the 

 labor of a man and of a yoke of oxen, each being reck- 

 oned at one dollar per day, it will be seen that my crop 

 on the piece, (381 1^^ bushels), costs me a very small 

 fraction over ten cents per bushel. 



Forty baskets of these roots icell cleaned; that is, 

 were pulled when the ground was dry, were thumped 

 together then — were afterwards topped and thrown into 



