VEGETABLES RAISED FOR MARKET 



apart. The dandelions, when they first come 

 up, are so dark-coloured as to be almost invisible. 

 A little lettuce seed, say an ounce per acre, mixed 

 and sown with the dandelion, will come up quickly 

 and show the rows plainly. When sown in beds, 

 to be forced, the rows should be six inches apart. 

 Roots may be removed from the field to a hot-bed, 

 and forced, but in any case it takes somewhat 

 over a year from the time of sowing to grow the 

 crop. It is marketed precisely as spinach thir- 

 teen pounds weight is considered a bushel. The 

 price varies greatly. On the forced crop from 

 $1 to $2 is about the range of price. On the 

 out-door crop $1 is considered high, the usual 

 average being lower, and prices sometimes very 

 low. At fifty cents per bushel, the crop is a paying 

 one. When prices run high the proceeds per acre 

 often reach as high as $1,000. 



There happens a failure sometimes in starting 

 a crop. The sowing may be renewed any time 

 before the first of August, and provided it comes 

 up well, and escapes scorching by the sun, the 

 crop will be just as early as one sown in April. 



Women and boys are usually employed to gather 

 and trim the plants, and remove a portion of the 



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