ADVANTAGES AND PROFITS 53 



Nitrate of soda, 200 pounds $4-5o 



Applying manure, etc 16.00 



Plowing and harrowing 4.00 



Marking 2.00 



Seed 3.50 



Transplanting 27.00 



Cultivation and weeding 20.00 



Pulling crop 5.00 



Gathering, hauling, crating 40.00 



Crates, etc , 100.00 



Total -. $300.00 



RECEIPTS 



By 1000 bushels of onions at 75 cents $750.00 



Less expenses as above 300.00 



Net profit $450.00 



This seems to me a perfectly safe estimate. In 

 some cases the grower may realize more than seventy- 

 five cents per bushel, and his profits will then be cor- 

 respondingly increased. In other cases he may have 

 to accept even a smaller price than given in this esti- 

 mate. But even if these fine bulbs should not bring 

 more than fifty cents a bushel, or $500 for the whole 

 crop, the profits will still be $200, after all expenses, 

 every bit of labor included, have been paid. 



In a good onion season the crop should not be less 

 than 1000 bushels per acre, if properly managed. If 

 it exceeds this amount (and 1500 bushels per acre 

 is an easy possibility), this would add to the expense 

 in harvesting and marketing, and increase the total 

 expenses of the crop, but it would also increase the net 

 profits accordingly. 



