18 GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 



yet the great bulk of this article sold in Philadelphia, is 

 sent from New York, for which the consumer must pay at 

 least double the price paid here, for it is a bulky and ex- 

 pensive article to pack and ship, and must of a necessity 

 pay a profit, both to the agent here and in Philadelphia, 

 which of course comes out of the pocket of the consumer. 

 This is only one of many such articles of which the cul- 

 ture is imperfectly understood, and which the great mar- 

 ket of New York is looked to for a supply. 



The following will show the rate of receipts and ex- 

 penditures for one acre of a few of the leading articles we 

 cultivate, taking the average of the past ten years, from 

 the grounds that have been brought up to the proper 

 standard of fertility necessary to the market garden. 



Expenditures for One Acre. 



Labor ?30O 



Horse-labor 95 



Manure, 75 tons 100 



Rent 50 



Seeds 10 



Wear and Tear of Tools, etc 10 



Cost of Selling 100 



$005 

 , Receipts for One Acre. 



12,000 Early Cabbages, at 5 cts. per head §600 



14,000 Lettuce, at 1 cent per head 140 



30,000 Celery, at 2 cts. per head 600 



§1340 

 605 



$735 



The rotation crops of Early Beets, or Onions, followed 



by Horseradish, or Sweet Herbs, as a second crop, give 



nearly the same results. 



