60 TEAN6ACII0NS. 



POTATOES. 



Statement of Nathaniel Smith. 



My potatoes grew on eip;hty-eight rods of sandy loani ';r sandv knoll, which 

 bore rye in 1853 and 1854, without manure. Last May, I plowed in seven 

 loads of coarse manure ; and, after two or three weeks, I harrowed it over, 

 pulverizing the soil and destroying the weeds. May 30th, I planted about 

 four bushels of Wood's Seedlings, and put about eight bushels of ashes in 

 the hills. I hoed twice. 



Value of Crop. 



135 bushels, at 33 cents, . . $45 00 



Expenses. 



Seed, plowing, harrowing and planting, • . . $4 00 

 Manure and carting, $9 ; ashes, $2, . . . . 11 00 

 Interest, $4 ; hoeing, $3 ; harvesting, $4, . . . 11 00 



$25 00 



Net profit, ..... ... $20 00 



Sunderland, Nov. 15, 1855. 



Statement of O. df F. H. Williafns. 



Our Peachblows were raised on one acre of light, sandy soil. In 1852, it 

 was covered with blue clay, and in 1854 it was in corn. Last April, I plow- 

 ed eight inches deep — made furrows three feet apart — filled them with com- 

 post, ashes and salt — dropped in small seed potatoes, and turned back the 

 furrows with the horse. 



Value of Crop. 



227 bushels, at 50 cts. . . . . . . . $113 50 



Expenses. 



Plowing, $1.75 ; compost, $8 ; seed, 1.75, . . $11 50 



Planting, 75 cts. ; furrowing and manuring, $2, . . 2 75 



Hoeing, $5 ; digging, $15 ; interest and taxes, $6, . 26 00 



$40 25 



Net profit $73 25 



Sunderland, Oct. 31, 1855. 



CARROTS . 



Statement of J, Edwards Porter. 



My carrots were raised on 5-16ths of an acre of rich loam, plowed ten or 

 twelve inches deep, which had borne carrots for three years. In 1855, I 

 manured with ten loads of earth, that had sucked the juices of the barnyard 

 for twelve months, and with fifty pounds of guano, plowed in eleven inches 

 deep. I made ridges, eighteen inches apart, with a double mould board 

 plow, and deposited the seed on the top of the ridges with a hand drill. 



