ISS 



at Dr. Geo. B. Loring's farm, upon which he raised his crop 



of mangel wurzels, and found it to contain one and one-quarter 



acres 



CHARLES A. PUTNAN, Surveyor. 



Salem, Nov. 14, 1863. 

 I hereby certify that I gathered sixteen hundred bushels of 

 mangel wurzels from an acre and an 'eighth of land, entered 

 by George B. Loring for premium, each bushel weighing sixty- 

 one pounds. The weight was ascertained by weighing a single 

 bushel basket full. 



ELIAS HAM. 



GEO. B. LORING'S STATEMENT. 



RUTA BAGAS. 



t enter a crop of ruta bagas, raised on two and one-half 

 •acres of land, for premium. 



The land was an elevated knoll, rising out of a bed of clay, 

 and bounded on one side by salt marsh. The top of the knoll 

 is somewhat gravelly and light ; but as it inclines toward the 

 low land surrounding it is a warm loam. 



The piece has been in grass for many years, and yielded last 

 year a poor crop — less than half a ton of hay to the acre. It 

 was ploughed June 20th with a Michigan plough, and ma- 

 nure at the rate of fifteen ox-cart loads to the acre was spread- 

 upOTi it and harrowed in with Geddes's harrow. It was then 

 harrowed with a light harrow, and the loose sods turned over 

 with the hoe. Lines were drawn with a marking rake, con- 

 taining three long heavy teeth twenty inches apart, drawn by 

 one man and held by another. In the small furrows thus 



