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Owing to the large amount of rain this season, the crop was 

 injured on about one half of the piece, full thirty per cent. 

 Water stood on the surface a day or two at a time on several 

 occasions before it drained off, the drain being wholly under 

 ground. 



1 observed that the eflect of salt upon the crop this year was 

 not nearly as marked as in some other instances. The year 

 before salt more than doubled the crop. That was a dry season, 

 and this a wet one ; "whether that was the cause of the 

 difference, I am unable to tell. 



It will be noticed that, with the exception of the salt, the 

 cost of the manure applied was only the labor of carting and 

 preparing, as the muck and sea-kelp were products of the farm. 



Cost of raising the crop. 



6 cords of compost at $5, - 

 Laying out and spreading, - _ _ 



8 bushels salt at 25 cents, - - - 



Plowing, - - - _ _ 



Harrowing and dragging, - - - 



2 pounds seed at 75 cents. 

 Sowing, - - _ . 

 Hoeing, weeding and thinning, 

 Harvesting, - . . . 



$72 25 



The weight of the crop nine days after being 

 l)ulled, 19 tons 10 cwt. 78 lbs., market value 

 $15 per ton, - . . . 293 08 



Allowing $2 per ton for marketing, 39 25 



Cost of raising, - - - 72 25 111 50 



Profit, - - - - $181 b^ 



Benjamin P. Ware. 



