FIELD AND GARDEN CROPS. 



85 



[Statement of C. K. Smith, Sunderland.] 



The half-acre upon which the onions grew which I have 

 entered for premium was in grass in 1875, and tobacco was 

 grown upon it in 1876 : in the spring of 1877 manure, at 

 the rate of sixteen loads per acre, was ploughed in. Three 

 pounds of seed were sown May 1, in drills sixteen inches 

 apart. The crop was harvested Oct. 1, and the yield upon 

 two rods was five hundred and twenty-five pounds 



Cr. 

 Four hundred bushels onions, at 50 cents . . . $200 00 



Dk. 

 Manure, eight loads .... ... $16 00 



Seed . . . . ■ 7 50 



Ashes and guano 8 00 



Labor 40 00 



Rent of land 20 00 



91 50 



Profit $108 50 



WORCESTER SOUTH-EAST. 



CABBAGES. 



[Statement of John Miller.] 



My crop of cabbages was raised on two acres of land that 

 was in grass in 1876. The soil is a black loam. 



Raised 17,600 cabbages, averaging six lbs. each, at a 



half-cent per pound • 

 Cabbage-plants sold 



Ploughed twice at a cost of . 



Sixteen cords of stable-manure 



Ten barrels of hen-manure . 



Five barrels of ashes 



Cultivated five times, hoeing four times 



Cost of (Stone Mason cabbage) seed 



Planting 



Rent of land .... 

 Harvesting 



$568 00 



300 00 



Profits . 



$268 00 



