292 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



acre. The cost of such a crop I should figure about as fol- 

 lows : — 



Rental of land, - - - - |1.5.00 

 Manure, _•---- 75.00 

 Labor, preparing ground, - - 10.00 



6000 plants, ----- 9.00 

 Setting oiit, - - . . 12.00 



Hoeing three times, . - - - 12.00 

 Miscellaneous care, - - - - 25.00 



Harvesting, 40.00 



Stripping, &c., 40.00 



Rent of curing sheds, - - - 40.00 



^278.00 



The estimate for manure is only for the amount supposed 

 to be consumed by tlie crop. It allows about 1000 plants for 

 resetting, and presumes favorable circumstances attending 

 the operations throughout. 



The tobacco crop is so exacting that whenever its culture 

 is adopted it makes every other crop incidental. 



Of course every farmer raises potatoes and turnips for 

 home consumption, and there is usually a surplus for market, 

 but the methods of culture are old and the crop receives com- 

 paratively little attention. 



W. H. White, South Windsor. 



I liave no accurate statistics from which I can deduce state- 

 ments concerning the exact number of acres devoted to any 

 one crop in this town ; therefore my estimates will be taken 

 only as approximations to the real number. Most of the 

 grain, root crops, beans, potatoes, onions, &c., are merely 

 grown for family supply ; a large proportion of the farms 

 have a small patch, or a few rods, devoted to most of the va- 

 rieties embraced in your circular. 



Wheat is grown by only a few farmers, amounting to per- 

 haps a dozen acres in the town, the most grown by any one 

 farmer not exceeding one to two acres. This is mostly sow- 



