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Abel Marshall's Statement. 



The piece of ruta-baga turnips, which I offer for 

 premium, were grown on fifty square rods of ground. — 

 My manner of cultivating and manuring, was as follows: 



I plowed the ground twice in the spring, and sowed 

 on three-fourths of a barrel of bone manure, spreading 

 it evenly over the surface ; then took a double mould- 

 board plow and laid the land in ridges, and then with a 

 machine, sowed the seed upon the top of the ridges. 



When the plants were large enough to hoe, I ran the 

 plow through the furrow between the rows, and then 

 wed and thinned the plants ; and the work was done till 

 harvesting. 



EXPENSES. 



Plowing the ground twice, $1,00 

 Eidging the ground, sowing the bone manure, 



and sowing the seed^ 1,50 



Cost of seed, ,50 



Cost of manure, 2,75 



Hoeing and thinning, 1,00 



Harvesting, 2.25 



$9,00 

 The amount raised was one hundred and fifty bushels. 

 The cost of raising, without the interest on the land, 

 was six cents per bushel. 



John Brooks, Jr.'s Statement. 



The piece of land that I enter for premium, on 

 English turnips, contains one-eighth of an acre. Last 



