REPORT OF TEE AGRICULTURIST 89 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Average yield per acre, 19 tons 367 lbs. 



Cost to produce 1 ton $ 2 17 



Cost to produce 1 bushel 06| 



Digestible dry matter in 1 ton 35.3 • 4 lbs 



Cost of 100 lbs. digestible dry matter 62 



PUMPKINS. 



The soil was a sandy loam and well drained. Manure was first applied at the usual 

 rate of 15 tons per acre and worked into the soil. The plot was then ploughed and 

 harrowed. It was marked off into 8-foot squares, and a hole about 18 inches square and 

 six inches deep excavated at each corner. These holes were half filled with manure, a 

 layer of earth thrown on the top and seed planted. The plants grew well and in a short 

 time covered the whole area. A large quantity of fruit developed and gx'ew to a fair 

 size. 



Cost of production of pumpkins — 



Rent, half an acre $ 1 50 



Manure, 4 applied at the rate of 15 tons per acre 1 50 



Extra manure in hills, 6 tons used, half the value 3 00 



Ploughing in spring 1 25 



Harrowing twice 18 



Marking, making hills and planting 2 00 



Hoeing 1 33 . 



Cultivating, single horse 52 



Haulin- 3 75 



"^ia ■ 



% 15 03 



Weight produced, 14,550 lbs. 



Cost to produce 1 ton $ 2 06 



One ton contains about 190 lbs. digestible dry matter. 



Cost to produce 100 lbs. digestible dry matter $ 1 08 



