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panded, boiled, well drained and served with 

 Hollandaise sauce. No vegetable is more deli- 

 cious. 



Asparagus is a profitable crop. The main cost 

 to establish a bed is labor, manure, and the use 

 of the land two years. Part of a crop can be had 

 the second year without injury. To maintain a 

 bed costs per acre about: 



For manure (applied in the Spring) $25 .00 



Fertilizer (applied after cutting) 15.00 



Labor, plowing, cultivating, hoeing, etc 20.00 



Cutting and bunching 40.00 



$100.00 



When well established, say in five years, and 

 well cared for, it should produce 1800 to 2000 

 bunches a year for the next ten to fifteen years. 

 At the factory price of ten cents a bunch this 

 would be $180 to $200. 



By free use of proper fertilizers and through 

 careful culture, it is said that six tons per acre 

 can be raised, which at $100 per ton would be 

 $600, while the cost would hardly be $150 per 

 acre, leaving $400 per acre profit. 



Brussels Sprouts cost to grow $30, yield fre- 



