ROOT-CROPS. 83 



The land for the turnips was harrowed every 10 or 14 

 days, to kill the weeds, until June 20th. "Land ridged same 



as for mangolds ; rows, 30 inches apart, and seed used 1 



pound to the acre, put in with a drill. I did not get a good 

 stand of mangolds, but of turnips it was very fine. 



COST OF MANGOLDS PER ACRE. 



Six cords manure, I paid $5 ; hauling, $2 = $7, . $42 00 



Spreading it, say 40 cts. per cord, 6 cords, . . 2 40 



To ploughing 1 acre, . ... . . . 2 50 



harrowing twice and bushing, . . . . 2 50 



2\ cords stable manure and hauling, $9 per cord, 22 50 



100 bushels ashes drawn on land, . . 10 00 



ridging 1 acre, ...... 75 



5 lbs. mangold seed, at 621- c ts., . . . 3 13 



weeding and hoeing first time, one acre, 6 days, . 10 00 



weeding and hoeing second time and cultivating, 10 75 

 harvesting, and man 8|days, and horse and cart 



3 days, . . 15 75 



Seven percent, interest on land at $200 per acre, . 14 00 



Cost of one acre of mangolds, . . . $138 28 



Your committee viewed the crop and selected two rows to 

 be harvested, which I did, and they were weighed upon hay- 

 scales. There were in the two rows, 2,625 square feet, and 

 the weight was 3,079 lbs., making to the acre, 51,093. If 

 they are worth one-third as much to feed per ton as hay, they 

 would equal 17,031 lbs. of hay. This, at $20 per ton, would 

 be $170.31. Then if the tops upon the two rows of 2,625 

 feet equal 1,012 lbs., it will be at the rate per acre of 16,755 

 lbs., and if they are of one-sixth part the value of hay, they 

 would equal 2,792 lbs. of hay. This, at $20 per ton, would 

 be $27.92, as the value of the tops. 



Total value of roots and tops, .... $198 23 



Cost of one acre, allowing the land to be iu as good 



condition now as before the crop was raised, . 138 28 



Profit, $59 95 



