98 



SECOND YEAR. 



THIRD YEAR. 



RECAPITULATION. 



First year 



Second year 



Third year 



Cost per quintal, (110 lbs) 



Soft soil, (paluds.) 



Francs. 



1,134.92 

 347. 74 



844. 42 



2, 327. 08 

 30.32 



Dollars. 



217 90 



66 75 



162 12 



446 78 



5 82 



Compact soil. 



Francs. 



1,199.75 



31 4. .57 



1,014.93 



2, 529. 25 

 45.99 



Dollars. 



230 .35 



60 39 



194 08 



485 62 

 8 83 



"It is found, in taking a piece of ground of great firmness and of a productive- 

 ness of 33 quintiiux of root per hectare, that the expense will amount to only 

 26.40 francs per quintal, (110 pounds;) whilst in lands of less tenacity there 

 will be a yield, say, of 55 quintaux, which would reduce the cost of the first 

 crop to 15 francs the quintal." 



ITS CULTURE IN THIS COUNTRY. 



The plant is found to be very hardy in this country, is entirely exempt from 

 injury by insects, and not liable to suffer from drought in deep soils after the 

 first season. Twenty years ago it was produced to some extent in some por- 

 tions of the country, especially in Ohio. Some of the most successful cultivators 



