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Brought forward, $2 25 



Fall plowing, J day, man, team, and boy, at 155. , 63 



Spring plowing, harrowing, and rolling, man and team half 



a day, at 125., 75 



Planting with a machine, | day, at 8^., 17 



Seed, 1| lbs., at 6^., 85 



Harrowing 3 times, 2 hours each time — half a day in the 



whole — man and horse, at 9^., 56 



Hoeing first time, man one and a half day, at 6s., 1 13 



do second time, man one day, at 6s., 75 



do third time, man ^ day, at 65., 38: 



Harvesting, man 3 days, at Ds., 1 88 



do boy 1 day, at 35., 37 



do horse used occasionally to draw in, say 1 day, 



[a liberal allowance,] at 35., .... 38 



Use of land, at |75 an acre, 1 31 



Taxes of every description on the land, 08 



Total expenses, $11 49 



RECEIPTS . 



By 257| bushels beets, at 10 cents, [one-half the price of 



potatoes, though worth two-thirds as much for stock,] . . . $25 75 



Beet tops, valued, for cows, at 85., [a low estimate, being 



little more than their value plowed in for manure,] 1 00 



Total value of crop, $26 75 



Deduct total expenses, 11 49 



Nett profit, $15 26 



To the above estimate might be added: For 2/e lbs. 

 beet seed, raised on one corner, at 65., . . » 1 92 



Harvesting and cleansing the same, half a day, at 55., 



deducted, 31 



161 



1 bushel early graft apples at 35., and 2 bushels pie apples 

 at 18 cents, on the tree, the product of a large tree stand- 

 ing on the ground, 75 



Making a profit from the land of $17 62 



As my " statement " of this crop may come to the knowledge of 

 others than this committee, I cannot well forbear to express my con- 

 viction, that the farmers generally, of this county, are yearly sustain- 

 ing a very great loss, by giving so little attention to this valuable 

 crop. The ruta baga is also a valuable crop. But I am fully satis- 

 fied that the beet is not second even to that. While, therefore, I 

 would not discourage the cultivation of the turnep, I would respect- 

 fully recommend that of the beet. I consider the mangel wurzel 

 worth at least two-thirds as much as potatoes for wintering stockj 



