EEPOETS OF DErAKTMENTS. 63 



Preparing ground and i:)lanting _ _ 134: 8 7 



Seed 14 40 



Manure 40 50 



Cultivation L 23 15 



Harvesting 61 58 



Paris green . — 3 75 



Total cost 1178 25 



The yield was 571 bushels of assorted and 93 of small potatoes ; counting the 

 latter at half-price, they cost 29 cents, nearly, for large, and 14^ cents per 

 bushel for small ones. The root croji was sown after plowing and harrowing 

 three times, then running a smoothing land-plane over the ground to level, 

 picking the stones, etc. The roots were sown in drills 30 inches apart, and then 

 thinned to 1 foot in the drills after coming up. They were cultivated three 

 times, once in a row, and hoed twice, — once to thin them, and once to eradicate 

 weeds. They made most of their growth after the heavy rains in the first week 

 in October. The table shows the result : 



Preparing ground, and sowing |120 63 



Picking stone 4 09 



Seed 14 00 



Cultivation 122 IG 



Harvesting 184 69 



Manure 40 50 



Total cost ,...,. I486 07 



The yield was 9,100 bushels roots, 123 being beets. The tops were credited 

 at $10, leaving $476 07 as cost of roots, or 5 1-5 cents, nearly, 'per bushel, or 

 $24 30 per acre for cost of raising. The potatoes cost $59 42 per acre, with a 

 less yield, — roots yielding 458 bushels per acre, and potatoes 221^ bushels. 



The following is a summary of the field : 



Student labor , . $318 10 



Men and team labor 233 07 



Seed . 28 40 



Manure 81 00 



Paris green 3 75 



Total cost $664 32 



Cr. By 9,160 bushels roots and 664 bushels potatoes. 



Field No. 4 was used to raise soiling corn partly, and partly for pasture. Tlic 

 cost of tillage was charged to stock at cost of production : 



Student labor $35 26 



Men and team labor 27 80 



Seed corn. . 2 00 



Total 165 06 



It served to keep up the milch cows when the pastures were dry in September, 

 and in October after frosts had come. 



