78 THREE ACRES AND LIBERTY 



Cost 



Seed $2.10 



Manure (3 loads ; not enough) 3.00 



Ashes (3 barrels of wood) 1.20 



One half bag of potato fertilizer 1.25 



150 ft. of wire netting for peas 1.20 



$8.75 



Receipts 



Melons, 100 at lOc $10.00 



Squash, 20 at 20c 4.00 



Peas, 4 bushels at $2.00 8.00 



Beets, 4 barrels at $1.00 4.00 



Lettuce, 100 heads at 5c 5.00 



Corn, 400 ears at Ic 4.00 



Beans 1.00 



Tomatoes, 3 bushels at $1.00 3.00 



Cabbages, late cauliflower, radishes, onions 2.00 



$41.00 



Net profit $32.75, or about one and one third cents per 

 square foot. As we have shown above, this may be doubled 

 and trebled. 



