ROOT CROPS. ^^ 



that of 1858, corn and beans, with five-eighths cord 

 stable manure from my barn cellar, and one bushel ashes. 

 Eight rods of the lot was plowed, May 2, and twelve 

 rods August 9, each once, about eight inches deep, and 

 smoothed with a hand-rake. The manure was one-third 

 cord spread before plowing, and 100 lbs. bone manure 

 in the drill. The first part was sowed June 7, in drills 

 about three feet apart; the second part was trans- 

 planted from the first, August 11th and 12th, after a 

 crop of peas, in drills two feet apart. Seed, Uivers' 

 stubble Sweedish turnip, raised by myself The first 

 part was hoed twice, the second had no cultivation. 



Cost of plowing, &c., - - - - $0,75 



Mauure and bone, - - - - 3,00 



Seed, sowing and cultivation, - - - ,50 



Transplanting, - - - - 1,00 



Total, - - . _ $5,29 



The tops paid for harvesting, 



Produce as estimated by the Committee, November 1, 

 250 lbs. per square rod. 



The part which was not transplanted, produced 361 

 lbs. per square rod of large, well-formed roots, while 

 that where the turnips were transplanted produced only 

 139 lbs. per rod, and many of the turnips were small 

 and imperfectly formed. 



I think the fact that the weather was excessively dry 

 when the turnips were transplanted, and for some time 

 succeeding, and also that the month of October, in which 

 I usually get the best growth of late roots, was very 

 unfavorable for such growth, rendered the experiment 

 in transplanting less successful than it otherwise would 

 have been. 



