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ROOT CEOPS. 



harrowed and furrowed ; manured with seven and a half 

 loads horse manure^ spread before plowing^ and 150 lbs. 

 guano mixed with one-half load muck, applied in the hill 

 at planting; planted June 8th and 10th, in hills thread 

 and a half by two and a half feet apart, with six bushels 

 St. Helena's ; hoed twice, and harvested Oct. 2d and 4th, 



Cost of plowing, &c., • - - - $3,00 



manure, - - • • 7,50 



gnano, . * * - 4^50 



seod, . - * » - 3^00 



planting, - - - * 2,25 



hoeing, - - • - 4,00 



harvesting, - . * • * 4,00 



Total, .... $28,25 



Produce, as estimated by the Committee, October 2, 

 83 lbs. per square rod — equal to 6640 lbs., or 110 2-3 

 bushels the ha!f acre. 



JABEZ FISHEE^S STATE3IENT. 



ENGLISH TURNIPS. . 



The eighth of an acre upon which my English turnips 

 were raised is a strong loam upon clay. The crop of 

 1856 was garden vegetables, manured lightly, the 

 quantity uncertain; that of 1857, peas, with a small 

 amount of manure in the drill only. It v;as plowed 

 July 26th, after peas, about seven inches deep, harrowed 

 and brushed ; was manured with fifty bushels of horse 

 manure, and an equal bulk of liquid manure ; planted 



