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made, a small quantity of Coe's super-phosphate was sprinkled. 

 The seed was then put in with a sower. The seed used was 

 Skirving's King of the Swedes, imported from England the 

 last spring. The planting was finished in June. 



The land was hoed twice, and the plants were thinned out, 

 leaving spaces of six inches in the rows. 



The crop was harvested by four men and two teams in four 

 and a half days, ending at noon, Nov. 15th. The amount of 

 the crop is one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six bush- 

 els, at sixty pounds to the bushel, and the account is as fol- 

 lows : — 



Two and one-half acres of Euta Bagas^ 

 To 12 days' ploughing, 



3 " seeding, 



2,4 " hoeing and thinning, 



10 cords of barn-yard manure and hauling. 



1000 pounds of super-phosphate, 



27 days' harvesting, 



$1S6 00 



Cr. by 1876 bushels of roots, at 7 5-6 cents per bushel (the 

 actual cost as per estimate). 



The market price of ruta bagas varies materially in different 

 seasons. Last autumn they sold for fifty cents per barrel. 

 Last spring and this autumn they sell for one dollar per barrel. 

 At these prices it is easy to calculate the cash value of the 

 above crop. 



As food for cattle, ruta bagas bear the relation to English 

 hay, which three hundred bears to one hundred. At sixty 

 pounds to the bushel, the crop weighed one hundred and 

 twelve thousand five hundred and sixty pounds, or fifty-six 

 and one- third tons, equivalent to eighteen and seven-ninths 

 tons of hay, taking the estimate that three tons of ruta bagas 

 are equivalent to one ton of hay. 



There is no doubt that ruta bagas are easily cultivated, ou 



