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Of the first class pickles, 13,400 were sold at $0.75 per M., and 

 the balance at $1.25 per M. The nubs brought $0.50 per M. 

 The total value of the crop was $218.51, or $145.67 per acre. 



Unsprayed fields in the vicinity of Greenlawn did not average 

 more than 40,000 per acre. Therefore, the increase in yield due 

 to spraying was 80,917 per acre. 



Yield of Cucumbers on the Sprayed Field at Greenlawn. 



(One and one-half acres.) 



Date. p" c 'ked r Total - Price received. 



16,300 Sold in N. Y. City at $1.25 (net) per M. $20 37 



16. . 9,100 

 19. . 4,300 



149,675 Sold at salting house at $1.25 per M.. 187 09 



13,400 Sold in N. Y. City at $0.75 (net) per M. 10 05 

 2,000 Nubs sold at $0.50 per M 100 



Total 181,375 Total value of crop 7 $218 51 



Yield per acre, 120,917. 



Value of crop per acre, $145.67. 



