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(5) Cost? 1 of growing and gathering 2.15 acres at Smithtown 

 Branch. 



Thirty loads of stable manure $45 00 



One ton of fertilizer 32 00 



Preparing and planting %... . 11 00 



Cultivation 9 00 



Three pounds of seed 90 



Gathering and marketing 43 00 



Rent of land 10 00 



$150 90 



Credit to value of stable manure for the following crop. . 22 50 



Net cost $128 40 



Cost per acre 59 72 



(6) Profit. 



Total value of crop on 2.15 acres $179 50 



Cost of spraying 2.15 acres ._ $36 61 



Cost of growing and gathering 2.15 acres 128 40 



Cost of growing, gathering and spraying 2.15 acres 165 01 



Net profit on 2.15 acres $14 49 



Net profit per acre 6 74 



(Y) Notes on the experiment at Smithtown Branch. — The 

 field at Smithtown Branch was on the farm of G. "W. Hallock and 

 Son and contained 2.15 acres. Over most of the field the vines 

 covered the ground. A little injury resulted from the wilt dis- 

 ease, and consequently there were a few withy pickles. No 

 gummy pickles were found. On September Y it was discovered 

 that downy mildew had become established in a few spots; it did 

 not, however, cause more than a slight amount of damage. About 

 this time a good many pickles turned yellow on account of the 

 excessively hot weather. 



21 Estimated by G. W. Hallock, the owner. 



