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EOOT CEOPS. 



ABEL MARSHALL'S STATEMENT. 



ENGLISH TURNIPS.* 



The eighth of an acre on which my English turnips 

 were raised is a dark moist loam. The crop of 1856 

 was grass, without manure ; that of 1857 potatoes, with 

 one shovelful per hill of green stable manure. It was 

 plowed twice in June and July, about seven inches deep, 

 manured with one and three-quarters loads, spread, 

 harrowed, rolled, ridged with a double mould board 

 plow, and the seed drilled upon the top of the ridges 

 July 20th ; hoed twice with a hand hoe. 



Cost of plowing, &c., - - - - $0,50 



" manure, - - " - - 1,75 



*' seed and sowing, - - - ,25 



hoeing, ----- ,38 





Total, exclusive of harvesting, - - $2,88 



Produce, as estimated by the Committee, November 

 9th, 131 lbs. per square rod, or 2620 lbs. the eighth acre. 



JOHN BROOKS, JR.'S STATEJ^IENT. 



RUTA BAGAS. 



The eighth of an acre on which my ruta-bagas were 

 raised is wet, with a clay sub-soil. The crop of 1856 

 was carrots, with two and one-half loads cow manure, 

 and 12 J lbs. guano ; that of 1857, carrots, with two and 

 one-half loads compost, one-third muck, two-thirds cow 



*jMr. Marshall's statement concerning his crop of ruta-hagas corres- 

 ponds precisely with this^ except that the ruta-bagas were planted July 

 19th, and produced 142 lbs. per square rod. 



