48 ROOTS. 



covered as corn, hoed and cultivated in all respects as a field of corn, 

 harvested in Sept. and Oct. The square rod selected by the commit- 

 tee weighed 248 lbs., this however, was above the average of the whole 

 field, perhaps not however, above the average of one-eighth acre. If 

 my account of weighing, and Yankee guessing is correct, there were 

 about 6050 lbs. to the 30 rods. 



Cost of "seed and planting, 



** Plowing, 



** Cultivating and thinning three times, \ 



" Harvesting, 

 Value of manure, 



$18 00 

 Weight of crop as certified by J. P. Putnam of the committee, Oct. 

 8th, 4976i lbs. 



EBENEZER BIRD'S STATEMENTS. 



CARROTS. 



On the same ground in 1864 I raised corn, applying fifteen loads per 

 acre common barn yard manure. In 1865 raised carrots, putting on 

 six loads manure. The soil is sandy loam. For the present crop I ap- 



easier to cultivate and weed them that way. 



The lot contains twenty rods ; the crop was harvested the last of 

 Oct.; hoed twice. 



Cost of plowing, 50 



Value of manure, 3 00 



Cost of cultivating, 4 00 



*' Harvesting, 5 00 



$12 50 

 Weight of crop 7660 lbs., or 139 bushels and 15 lbs. as certified by 

 E. Burpee of the committee, Oct. 27th. 



POTATOES. 



The soil on which I raised my potatoes is light loam; the land has 

 been in grass for several years past. Plowed the last of April seven 

 inches deep, and harrowed once thoroughly. The first week in May I 

 planted four bushels of the " Jackson Whites" cut and dropped from 



