117 



pound of English turnip seed was sown broadcast July 27th, 

 and the crop was pulled November 2d. 



Cost of preparing the land and planting, $0,62 

 " manure, 2,37 



" harvesting, 2,50 



Product, 3390 lbs. of bulbs. 

 " 1660 lbs. of tops. 



In lot No. 2, treated as No. 1, the product was 3450 lbs. of 

 bulbs, and 2440 lbs. of tops. 



John Brooks, Jr/s Statement. 



The eighth of an acre upon which I raised my Eluta-bagas 

 is a stiff soil, with a clay sub-soil. In 1855 the crop was 

 carrots, with two loads of compost, (one-third meadow muck 

 and two-thirds cow manure). In 1856, the crop was 

 English turnips, with the same manure, adding twelve 

 pounds of guano. In 1857, I used the same amount and 

 kind of manures as in '56. Plowed June 6th, ten inches 

 deep, and brushed it over. June 8th, I sowed one-eighth 

 of a pound of Ruta-baga seed with a machine, in rows about 

 fifteen inches apart. The land was hoed twice, and the 

 crop pulled November 2d. 



Cost of preparation and planting, $0,37 



" manure, 2,37 



" cultivation and harvesting, 2,50 



Product, 5490 lbs. of bulbs. 

 *' 2740 lbs. of tops. 



In lot No. 2, treated the same as No. 1, except that twelve 

 pounds of super-phosphate of lime was substituted for the 

 twelve pounds of guano, both in '56 and ^o7j the product 

 was 4870 lbs. of bulbs, and 1580 lbs. of tops. 



