ROOT CROPS, ETC. 59 



ROOT CROPS AND CABBAGES. 



Your Committee on Root Crops and Cabbages have at- 

 tended to their duty, and report as follows : There was but 

 a single entry, each, of potatoes, onions, carrots and cab- 

 bages ; consequently no competition. The following premiums 

 were awarded : 



POTATOES. 



1st premium, to Cyrus Kilburn, $8 00 



ONIONS. 



1st premium, to Lawrin Pratt, Harris on Insects. 



CARROTS. 



2d premium, to Lawrin Pratt, 3 00 



CABBAGES. 



2d premium, to Lawrin Pratt, 1 00 



William Baker, Chairman. 



Cyrus Kilburn 1 s Statement. — Potatoes. 

 The soil on which I raised my potatoes this year, is dark 

 sandy loam. In 1863, I had potatoes on the same ground, 

 applying twelve loads barn-yard manure to the acre. In 

 1864, had corn on the same ground, applying also twelve 

 loads barn-yard manure. Last year, I plowed once, about 

 seven inches deep, applied four loads compost manure in 

 hill, and planted June 10, with one whole potatoe, of the 

 Garnet Chili variety, in each hill, about eight bushels seed, 

 and hoed with a hand hoe twice, without any cultivation 

 otherwise. The lot planted was ten rods by four, and con- 

 tained twenty-five rows lengthwise, and about ninety hills in 

 a row, vines covering nearly the whole ground. Harvested 

 in September, yielding eighty bushels. 



Cost of plowing, $1 00 



Value of manure, 4 00 



Cost of seed, and planting, - - - - 8 00 



" « cultivating, 3 00 



" " harvesting, 4 00 



$20 00 



