ROOTS AND VEGETABLES. 



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COST OF PRODUCTION. 



Manure teamed and spread, 4 cords, 



Ploughing of land, 



Harrowing and cultivating, . 



Marking out and planting. 



Seed, .... 



Thinning out. 



Applying compost and cost of, 



Three hoeings, 



Three cultivatings, 



Hire of land, 



3,665 heads at 10 cents, 

 733 heads at 4 cents, . 



Total, . 

 Subtract cost,. 



Profit, . 



$40 00 



$302 82 



Cabbages of all kinds are very dear this fall, which makes 

 the profits of a good crop figure remarkably high. 



Marblehead, Nov. 8, 1872. 



This is to certify that I have this day measured the piece of 



land on the farm of James J. H. Gregory, Esq., on which his 



Improved American Savoy Cabbages are now growing, and 



find it to contain 27,000 feet. 



Franklin Reynolds. 



Statement of J. J. H. Gregory. 

 Cabbages. — I enter for premium one lot of Stone Mason 

 Cabbage, containing an area of 47,808 feet. This piece was 

 planted June 12th, the seed being dropped into hills averag- 

 ing two feet apart, while the rows average three feet apart. 

 The land, which was in sward, was broken up this spring and 

 received a good coat of very rich manure, at the rate of eight 



