ROOT CROPS. 



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ABEL MARSHALL'S STATEMENT. 



CARROTS. 



The eighth acre which I cultivated with carrots is a 

 dark loam; was in corn in 1860 and 1861, with twenty 

 loads of manure per acre each year ; was plowed twice 

 for the present crop about 8 inches deep and raked by 

 hand ; manured with two and a half loads, spread before 

 the second plowing; sowed June 8th with eight oz. 

 orange carrot seed, with a machine ; hoed once with a 

 hand hoe, twice with a wheel hoe and wed by hand 

 twice; harvested November 3d to 10th, by digging 

 with a spade and spading fork. 



Cost of plowing and other preparation, .... $0,75 



Manure, 2,50 



Seed and sowing, • 1,50 



Cultivation, 2,00 



Harvesting, -.- 5,32 



Total, $12,07 



I obtained 4786 lbs. carrots, equal to 19 tons 288 

 lbs., or 638 bushels per acre. 



ABEL MARSHALL'S STATEMENT. 



. MANGOLD WURZEL. 



The soil on which I raised my eighth acre of man- 

 golds is a dark loam. I cultivated corn on it in 1860 

 and 1861, with twenty loads manure per acre each 

 year. It was plowed once for this crop about eight 

 inches deep, harrowed, manured with two and a half 

 loads spread and turned into ridges with a double 

 mouldboard plow ) planted June 12th, with RamsdalTs 



