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low, and judging by the crop, was a mixture of the flat and 

 round. The rows were thirteen inches apart. Four weedings 

 were necessary. The onions were topped in the field, and the 

 crop was taken off, from the sixth to the fourteenth of Oc- 

 tober. As the most accurate mode of measurement, I had 

 the entire crop weighed at the town scales. Reckoning 52 

 pounds to the bushel, and dividing the net weight by fifty- 

 two, I found the number of bushels. 



The crop weighed : 

 Merchantable onions, ----- 433 bushels. 

 Small and scullions, - - - - - 15 " 



Total, ----- 448 bushels. 



The crop was sold from the field in bulk, by weight, as fol- 

 lows : 

 433 bushels at 75 cents per bushel, - - - $324 75 



6 " 60 " " - - - 3 60 



Total, ------ $328 35 



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

 use in soups, &c., for the institution. The labor is all done 

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

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

 bor. 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, _ _ _ _ 



Manure, 4 1-2 cords, at $8 per cord. 

 Seed, 2 1-2 pounds, at $3.50 per pound, 

 Use of land, say ------ 



Total cost, _ _ - - 



Income, - - - - - 



Net profit, ----- $223 60 



You w411 observe that the only estimates in this statement 



