49 



39 baskets, yielding 1209 lbs., 21 4-7 bushels, 



at $1.00 per bushel, .... 

 5 1-lG bushels pea beans, at $3 per bushel, 

 Bean straw, worth ..... 

 1-3 manure estimated for future crops. 



$55.92 



Expenses. 



Ploughing, $3.00, harrowing and roll- 

 ing, $2.00, . ... $5.00 

 Planting, $4.00, seed corn and beans, .87, 4.87 

 Hoeing and cultivating twice, . . 10.00 

 Manure, 150 bushels corn composted, 18.00 

 Harvesting corn and beans, . . 11.75 



$49.G2 



Profits, $6.30 



P. S. The lot of land upon which the experiment was made 

 contained one hundred and twenty-nine (129) rods. 



H. L. Stone. 

 Grantville, Nov. 10, 1862. 



REPORT ON VEGETABLES. 



The space allotted to vegetables in the hall, on the days of 

 Exhibition, was not by any means crowded, though quite a goodly 

 number of specimens were shown, embracing nearly every article 

 of substantial food and luxury adapted to our climate, and of which 

 a quaint old historian of Virginia says, " Roots, herbs, vine-fruits, 

 and salad flowers — they dish up various ways, and find them very 

 delicious sauce to their meats, both roasted and boiled, fresh and 

 salt." 



There were twenty contributors. The exhibition, if not up to 

 some former years, was, on the whole, good, considering the 

 large numbers, who, in obedience to the call of their country, 

 have beaten their ploughshares into swords, and gone forth into 

 other fields. 



The science of squasliohgy seems not to have been wholly 

 neglected ; seven delegates from the mammoth tribe were in at- 

 tendance. They weighed severally 90, 98, 100, 120, 131a, 132, 

 and 138 pounds, and added largely to the show. 



The skill and energy of Mr. John Sias are very commendable. 



