ROOT CROPS. 61 



ALONZO P. GOODRIDGE'S STATEMENT.* 



SWEEDISH TURNIPS. 



The eighth-acre on which my ruta-bagas grew is a 

 sandy loam. The crop of 1858 was corn, with three 

 loads stable manure ; that of 1859 was corn, with three 

 loads stable manure. It was plowed twice in May, about 

 ten inches deep ; manured with three loads spread and 

 plowed in ; furrowed and sowed the first week in June, 

 in drills two and a half feet apart; hoed twice, and 

 harvested November 7th. 



Cost of plowing, (fee. - - - . - $0,75 



Manure, - - - - • • 4,00 



Seed and sowing,] • - - - - ,50 



Cultivation, - - - -^ - - 1,50 



Harvesting, -•-•-- 2,00 



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Total, - - - - - $8,75 



Produce, when harvested, 5485 lbs. roots. 



W. a. WYMAN'S STATEMENT. 



SWEEDISH TURNIPS. 



The eighth-acre which produced my Sweedish turnips 

 is a gravelly loam upon a loose sub-soil. The crop of 

 1858 was corn and beans, with five-eighths cord stable 

 manure and one bushel ashes; that of 1859 was corn 

 and cabbages, with one-half cord of compost of stable 



*The statements concerning cultivated crops are made by the Secretary 

 from tlie retui-ned forms sent to the several competitors. In all cases 

 where manure is estimated in loads, the loads are understood to contain 

 thirty bushels each. The quantity of produce in all cases is ascertained 

 by actual weight of the whole merchantable crop, the weight being 

 certified to under oath. — Sec. 



