ROOTS AND VEGETABLES. 



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COST OF EAISING THE CROP. 



6 cords of compost at |5, 

 Laying out and spreading, 

 8 bushels salt at 25 cents, 

 Ploughing, .... 

 Harrowing and dragging, 

 2 pounds seed at 75 cents, 

 Sowing, .... 

 Hoeing, weeding and thinning, 

 Harvesting, .... 



Total, .... 



$30 00 



$72 25 



The weight of the crop nine days after being pulled, 



19 tons, 10 cwt. 78 lbs., market-value $15 per ton, $293 08 

 Allowing $2 per ton for marketing, . $39 25 



Cost of raising, 



Profit, . 



72 25 



111 50 



. $181 58 

 Benjamin P. Ware. 



HINGHAM. 



Statement of Mr. Albert Fearing. 



Beets. — I enter for premium two-thirds of an acre of beets. 

 The soil is a sandy loam, in corn last year, ploughed twelve 

 inches deep, and ten cords of manure applied ; rows eighteen 

 inches apart ; hoed three times. 



PRODUCT. 



41 tons of beets at $10, . 



COST OF CULTIVATION. 



Ploughing, ...... 



Cultivating, ...... 



Harvesting, ...... 



10 cords of manure, .... 



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Total cost, ..... 



