ROOTS. 4S 



LAWRIN PRATT'S STATEMENTS. 



ONIONS. 



The soil is sandy, and T raised onions on the same piece of land in 

 1864 and 1865, applying stable manure. For the present crop plowed 

 twice, three inches deep, used horse hoe and brush harrow, spread 

 over the ground three loads of manure and 36 lbs. guano. Planted 

 April 26th, 10 oz. yellow Danvers onion seed, cultivated with hoe and 

 fingers six times, pulled the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th days of August. 



Cost of seed and planting, ^2 40 



Plowing, 75 



" Cultivating, 8 00 



Harvesting, 1 50 



Value of manure, 8 00 



S20 65 

 Weight of crop as certified by Ephraim Graham, Septtember 12th, 

 5550 lbs. 



CABBAGES. 



Soil, sandy ; have raised grass upon the same land several years, 

 plowed May 29th six inches deep, then harrowed, and spread on two 

 loads of manure. The last day Of April sowed the stone mason variety 

 in a small bed and transplanted the first week in June, hoed three 

 times, and harvested the last of October. 



Cost of seed and planting, 

 ** Plowing <s;c, 

 *' Manure, 

 '• Cultivating and harvesting, 



$8 85 

 Weight of crop as certified by E. Graham, Oct. 8th, 4077^ lbs. 



EPHRAIM GRAHAM'S STATEMENT. 



CABBAGES- 



The quantity of land where my cabbages grew contains 30 square 

 rods. The soil is black loam and clay subsoil. In 1864 raised pota- 

 toes and in 1865, squashes, upon the same ground, applying twenty 

 loaids stable manure per acre each year. Plowed once seven inches 

 deep for the present crop and used one load barn manure, one load 

 night soil, two loads muck — one-half broadcast, one-half in the hill. 

 Planted May 7th the stone mason variety, the seed dropped and 



