446 GARDENING FOR MARKET. 



Common turnips are the poorest paying of all the arti- 

 cles recommended for a second crop, but they are also 

 raised with very little trouble, and as the seed may be sown 

 at any time in July, they are often available to follow the 

 last removed of the first crops, except the Brunswick cab- 

 bages, and these will not usually be cleared off in time to 

 prepare the ground for anything but spinach for the follow- 

 ing spring. 



Profits. This is hardly a safe subject for estimate; so 

 much depends on the land, the situation, the man, and the 

 market, that one will gain where another would lose, and the 

 ratio of profits will vary from zero to an almost fabulous 

 amount. However, under any favorable circumstances, a 

 man tolerably well qualified for the business, provided he 

 will use manure with what he may think a wasteful hand, 

 might expect about the results of the following table, for 

 an average of ten years.* 

 Expenses : 



Kent and taxes, say $30 



Interest on cost of improvements and tools, 



say on $800, at 7 per cent 56 



"Wear and tear 100 



Manure (2 acres) 160 



Labor (equal to two- men for the whole year) 1000 

 Seeds and plants 50 



Total $1,396 



* The first year, the outlay for manure will be more, and, owing to the 

 crude condition of the soil, the returns will be less. 



