80 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



This leaves a balance of nine bushels on hand, which we 

 use in soups, etc.,, for the institution. The labor is all clone 

 by convicts, under charge of an officer. In estimating the 

 cost of raising half an acre of onions, I can estimate the 

 labor. I think that for a farmer who hires, it would be fair to 

 call the labor for ploughing, sowing, hoeing, weeding and 

 harvesting one-half acre, ..... $50 00 



Manure, 4^ cords, at 

 Seed, 2 1 pounds, at $ 

 Use of land, say . 



Total cost, 

 Income, 



Net profit, . 



> per cord, . 

 .50 per pound, 



36 00 



8 75 

 10 00 



$104 75 

 328 35 



$223 60 



You will observe that the only estimates in this statement 

 are the manure and cost, and the labor and use of land. The 

 remaining figures are accurate statements. I design to esti- 

 mate the labor at a fair amount. If we had barrelled the crop 

 and stored, there would have been some necessary additions, 

 but this was not done. 



Ipswich, Nov. 4, 1874. 



Statement of P. D. Adams. 



Onions. — Having weighed my crop of onions, which I 

 entered for a premium, I am prepared to make the following 

 report : 



First, I enter my whole bed, as I consider this the fair and 

 proper way to show what can be done. (I could have cut out 

 a half acre to better advantage.) 



Whole bed : one acre and seventy-four rods. 

 Manure, 1\ cords — one-half slaughter-house, and 



one-half horse and cow manure, . . . $101 00 

 Ploughing and harrowing, ..... 7 50 



Hauling manure, ...... 9 75 



To labor in cultivating, (as near as I can estimate,) 76 83 



Total, 



Credit by number of bushels raised, 1,431^ bush. 

 Seed used, 7i lbs., 



$195 08 



1\ lbs. 



