126 PRIZE GARDENING 



one gallon currants, three gallons raspberries, eleven 

 bunches rhubarb and two and one-half gallons of it 

 canned, and twenty cents worth of horse-radish. 



During July the garden was well cultivated, the 

 onions (three bushels) gathered and the ground sowed 

 to turnips, while an abundance of early cabbages, 

 cucumbers, beets, lettuce and tomatoes were picked. 

 The last cultivation was given in August, when nearly 

 all the garden was hoed. A hose long enough to reach 

 nearly the entire garden was attached to the pump 

 and the cabbage irrigated. An abundance of products 

 were gathered, including one hundred and five pounds 

 grapes, seven dozen peppers, five dozen ears sweet corn, 

 one-half bushel dried beans, two bushels tomatoes and 

 twelve gallons kraut made. 



More irrigation was done in September, and the 

 turnips thinned, while in October the cabbages were 

 pulled and buried or made into sauerkraut, the turnips 

 and remaining crops harvested. Fifty heads of cab- 

 bage were buried, fifteen gallons kraut made, five 

 bushels turnips and three pecks beets gathered. A 

 large bunch of celery, some cabbage, turnips and beets 

 were exhibited at the fair and awarded first premiums. 



In figuring up the productions, Mrs. Arney finds 

 a valuation of thirty-six dollars and thirty-nine cents, 

 an expense of nineteen dollars and fifty-five cents for 

 labor, fertilizer, seeds and insect powder, and a profit 

 of sixteen dollars and eighty-four cents. This is at 

 the rate of two hundred and nine dollars and twenty- 

 three cents per acre for production and ninety-six dol- 

 lars and eighty-three cents profit. She did all the work 

 except plowing, earned fifteen dollars and twenty cents 

 for her labor, and remarks : " I am glad that I joined 

 the contest, for I am sure I have learned quite a good 

 deal. I have never thought about how much the gar- 

 den was really worth," 



