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ROOT cKors 



seed, cultivated once with a wheel hoe, and afterwards 

 hoed three times and wed; harvested November 1st 



Cost of plowing, &c., - - - - $2,00 



manure, - - - - 9,00 



seed and sowing, - - - ,50 



cultiyation, - - - - 6,25 



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Total, exclusive of harvesting, - - $17,75 



Harvesting 3 cents per bushel, which the tops pay for. 



Produce, as estimated by the Committee, October 

 29th, 298 3-8 lbs. per square rod, or 6655 lbs. the lot. 



I have been told by a farmer of Dorchester, that 

 carrot tops are worth $12 per ton for cows in milk. I 

 know — or rather think — they are better than any other 

 green feed, but cannot say $12 per ton. I always use 

 green manure for carrots ; think sub-soiling causes the 

 carrots to be much longer than they otherwise would 

 be; do not thin them; think I get more weight of 

 carrots than if I did. 



LAWRIN PRATT'S STATEMENT. 



MANGOLD WURTZEL. 



The eighth of an acre on which my crop of mangold 

 wurtzel was raised in a sandy loam. The crop of 1856 

 was corn-fodder, without manure; that of 1857 beans 

 and turnips, with 4 loads compost. It was plowed 

 twice May 5th, harrowed and brushed, manured with 

 four loads spread, sowed with a machine May 13th with 



