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hand. The seed was imported, and was a mixture of Long 

 Red and Yellow Globe. The crop was by measurement (60 

 pounds to the bushel) 1800 bushels. 



The account with the crop stands as follows : — 



Mangel Wurzels. Dk. 



To manure (15 cords at $5), $75 00 



Hauling manure, 8 00 



Ploughing twice, 4 00 



Harrowing, 1 00 



Sowing the seed, 6 00 



Two hoeings, 16 00 



Clearing, 5 00 



Harvesting, 20 00 



$135 00 

 Cr. by 1800 bushels of roots at 9^ cents per bushel. 



The cost of these roots, 9^ cents per bushel, is certainly not 

 extravagant, considering their value as food, and the usual 

 market price. They usually sell for seven dollars per ton, of 

 sixty pounds to the bushel, or about thiily-four bushels to the 

 ton ; and at this rate bring twenty cents and a fraction per 

 bushel. The market for them is not large, it is true ; but they 

 give ample remuneration for the expense and trouble of rais- 

 ing, iu their benefit to milch cows. 



According to analysis and experiment, four hundred pounds 

 of mangel wurzels are equivalent to one hundred pounds of 

 English hay. At sixty pounds to the bushel, the crop weighed 

 ninety-six thousand pounds, or forty-eight tons, equivalent to 

 twelve tons of hay, taking the estimate that four tons of man- 

 gels are equal to one ton of hay. For the production of milk, 

 I have no doubt that the forty-eight tons of mangels are worth 

 more than the thirteen and one-half tons of hay. 



Salem, Nov. 10, 1862. 



Salem, Nov. 13, 1862. 

 This certifies that I have this day measured the lot of land. 



