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way of the flies they were thinned at the distance of 10 or 12 

 inches, then hoed twice, and ploughed once. 



The time of harvesting hegan the 281h of October, and ended 

 the first of November ; and there were six hundred and fifteen 

 bushels, trimmed fit for the market, besides five or six bushels 

 defective or rotten and unfit. — The weight of a bushel 59 lbs. 

 Expense of cultivation. 



Ploughing and harrowing - - - g 3.00 



Manure 13.00 



Seed - 50 



^^ Ridging and sowing - - - - 2.00 



Thinning - - - . - - - 2.75 



Hoeing ------- 2.50 



Harvesting 5.00 



$28.75 

 Sir, we are yours, with great respect, 

 rj" SILAS LITTLE, 



JOSEPH LITTLE 



DAVID LITTLE'S STATEMENT-^ON MANGEL 

 WURTZEL. 



JVewhury^ November 18i^, 1822. 

 To the Trustees of the Essex Agricultural Society. 

 Gentlemen^ 



The following is a statement of the situation, cultivation, and 

 production, of a lot of land cultivated with Mangel Wurtzel, on 

 my farm. The situation is as follows : a swell inclining southwest- 

 erly, and of a rich yellow loam; in 1821 was cultivated with 

 beets, manured with about three cords of compost manure, and 

 produced about five hundred and thirty bushels ; 1822, May 9th, 

 ploughed, 10th, harrowed and furrowed three feet apart, four 

 and a half cords of compost manure was put in the furrows, and 

 was covered with a plough, then a harrow was drawn length- 

 ways of the ridges, to smooth the ground ; the seed was then 

 sowed, one row on each ridge, with four pounds of seed, (I think 

 less than half would be sufl5cient) ; commenced ploughing be- 



