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the present crop, three loads manure was spread and 

 plowed in. It was plowed twice in May, ten inches 

 deep ; furrowed and sowed in drills two feet apart the 

 first week in June -, hoed twice, and harvested Nov. 8. 



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



Manure, . - - - - , 4 00 



Seed and sowing, - - - . . 50 



Cultivation, - - - - - . 1 50 



Harvesting, --.--. 2,00 



Total, $8,75 



Produce, 4815 lbs. of beets. 



SOLON CAETER'S STATEMENT. 



MANGOLD WURTZEL. 



The eighth-acre which I cultivated with mangold 

 wurtzel is a clayey loatn. The crop of 1858 was carrots, 

 that of 1859, mangold wurtzel, manured at the rate of 

 twenty loads per acre each year. It was plowed the 

 last of April, and again just before sowing, two loads of 

 manure having been spread before the first plowing, it 

 was then furrowed one way three and one-half feet apart^ 

 three loads of manure applied to the furrow, and two 

 furrows turned upon it ; the top of the ridge raked ; a 

 furrow made by drawing a hoe through it, and one-half 

 pound seed sown by hand, May 25th. As soon as the 

 plants could be seen, I went through with a light harrow, 

 and when large enough to hoe I used the horse-hoe, 

 following with the hand-hoe; this was repeated once, 

 but the horse-hoe was run through five times. 



October 20, the roots were pulled and thrown into 

 rows far enough apart for a wagon to go between them, 



