ROOT CROPS. ***' 



ABEL MARSHALL'S STATEMENT. 



CABBAG ES. 



My cabbages grew on a plot containing twenty-three 

 rods of a dark, deep loam. The crop of 1860 and 

 1861 was corn, with twenty loads of manure per acre 

 each year. It was plowed once May 20th, about eight 

 inches deep ; manured with two and a half loads spread, 

 harrowed and turned into ridges, with a double moul- 

 board plow; sowed June 12th, with three oz. seed ; was 

 mostly destroyed by insects. In July 850 plants, 

 which cost $2,67, were set out. It was cultivated by 

 being plowed twice and hoed once. 



Cost of plowing and other preparation, - $0,50 



Manure, - - - - * - - - 3,00 



Seeds, plants, sowing and transplanting, - 3,2& 



Cultivation, 1,00 



Total, - $7,75 



Produce, 968 cabbages, or 42 per rod. 



ROOT CROPS. 



The subject of root crops, within a few years past, 

 has engaged the attention of farmers somewhat ; to 

 ascertain their value as compared with other crops, for 

 feeding stock. If roots can be raised for from six to ten 

 cents per bushel — as we are told in many instances 

 they have been — whether the time and money thus, 

 invested, will not " pay " better than spent in raising 

 corn, hay, and other grains. Not as a principal crop, 

 but as a part of the farm product. Most all kinds of 

 stock are very fond of roots, and eat them as though it 

 would do them much good. The aim, in part, of the 



