414 FARM AND SCHOOL PROBLEMS. 



BROOKHAVEN, MISS., ONE-TENTH ACRE OF TOMATOES. 



Cost of yield and canning.. $41 10 Cost of home canner $10 00 



Canned products, 950 No. 3 Sale of fresh products 23 50 



cans. Net profit for season 74 80 



Net cost per can 03J 



Essentials of Success. 



The following points must be observed in raising canner's 

 crops : 



1. The crop must be seasonable. 



2. The soil must be suitable. 



3. There must be a balanced plant food. 



4. The growth must be rapid. 



5. The flavor must be good. 



6. The color must be bright. 



7. The crop must be marketed in good condition. 



8. The market must be within driving distance. 



9. The market must be suitable. 



10. There must be love of work and business management. 



11. Keep a strict method of accounts. 



Fertilizing. 



PLANT FOOD FOR INTENSIVE PLANT PRODUCTION. 



One acre of a market garden must produce on an average at 

 least ten times as much as an acre on the average farm. 



Barn manure is a most valuable plant food, but its analysis 

 shows that it is not well balanced for some of our plant foods. 



Average barn manure carries the following composition per 

 ton: 



10 to 15 pounds of nitrogen. 

 5 to 9 pounds of phosphoric acid. 

 10 to 15 pounds of potash. 



This would be a fertilizer with a formula that is not suitable 

 for a crop that requires rapid growth ; sweet corn, and tomatoes 

 require a longer period for growth than many of the other garden 

 plants and should have an available plant food of about the 

 formula 3-4-6, applied at the rate of from 500 to 1,200 pounds 

 per acre. 



