No. 4.] ONION GROWING. 265 



. Cost of One Acre of Onions. 



Rent of land (or interest if land is owned), ^ . 



Plowing 



Fitting, 



Fertilizers, 



Seed, 



Labor, 



Formaldeh3'de, 



The yield per acre runs from 500 to 1,000 bushels, and the 

 average price to the grower for the past five years (in the fall) 

 has been about 55 cents. From these figures it is apparent that 

 a good-sized crop of onions should yield a good profit to both 

 the owner of the land and the grower. 



1 These figures are based on Connecticut River valley conditions. The item for rent is of 

 course high, but this is because good onion land in this section commands from $400 up to 

 even S800 an acre. A farmer in another section where land was not so valuable would save 

 considerable expense on this item. — Editor. 



