CULTIVATION OF THE BEET. 31 



Tabular Statement of the Crops described. 



The average yield of roots to an acre was 25 T 6 - 

 tons ; the cost per ton was $2.72 ; the value of manure 

 applied was $26.28 ; and the average gross cost of 

 cultivation was $56.12 per acre. 



The cost of cultivation, exclusive of manure, was 

 $29.84 per acre, or $1.16 per ton of roots. 



The usual average cost of cultivating sorghum, 

 broom-corn, mangel-wurzel, and sugar beets is about 

 the same. 



The average price paid for beets in France, in 1865, 

 was eighteen francs, say three dollars and fifty cents 

 per ton ; but at the close of the season, some were 

 bought as low as two dollars per ton. 



The average price for the last twenty years has been 

 probably about three dollars and twelve cents per ton. 



An acre of land producing twenty tons of beets, 

 sold at three dollars and fifty cents per ton, would 

 yield seventy dollars, and with a yield of thirty tons 

 one hundred and five dollars per acre. 



What other crop could an Illinois farmer cultivate 



