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CABBOTS. 

 STATEMENT OF O. & F. H. WILLIAMS. 



The half acre of carrots which we enter for premium, is a sandy 

 loam. Part of it was in carrots last year, and the remainder has 

 been in grass, for twenty years. We plowed with a Michigan plow, 

 eight inches deep, and planted in rows from eighteen to twenty inches 

 apart. 



VALUE OF CEOP. 



348 bushels, at 25 cents, $87 00 



expenses: 



Plowing, 11 25 



Harrowing, ----__- 75 



Manure, 10 loads, 10 00 



Carting and spreading, - - - - - 2 00 



Planting with corn-planter, in drills, - - - 75 



Three-fourths of a pound of seed, - - - - 75 



Plowing with small cast-steel plow weighing 25 lbs., 



and thinning, - - - - - - - 5 00 



Second time Avith plow, - - - - - 2 00 



Harvesting, - - - - - - - 6 00 



$28 50 



Net profit, $58 50 



0. &. F. H. Williams. 

 Sunderland, Oct. 26, 1853. 



TUENIPS. 



STATEMENT OF O. &, F. H. WILLIAMS. 



The half acre of turnips, which we . enter for premium, is a sandy 

 loam. The land has been in grass for the last three years. We turned 

 the sward under, the 5th of July, after taking off a crop of grass, and 

 cutting the furrows from seven to eight inches deep. 



VALUE OF CKOP. 



250 bushels, at 20 cents, $50 00 



EXPENSES. 



Plowing, - - - - - - - -$125 



Harrowing, - 75 



Eight loads of compost, - - - - - 6 00 



