OD 



Seed and Planting, _ . - 4.00 



Cultivating three times, - - - 4.50 



Hoeing twice, . . . . 3.00 



Harvesting, _ . . . 8.00 



Use of Land, ... - 6.00 $64.00 



BEETS. 



STATEMENT OF J. J. H. GREGORY. 



The soil on which these beets grew is a strong loam, this was 

 manured with an admixture of sea, barn and glue manure at the 

 rate of five cords to the acre. This was thoroughly mixed with 

 the soil and after harrowing and raking, the seed was planted at 

 intervals between the i8th of June and the 3d of July, in rows 

 sixteen inches apart. In the plot were four varieties of the tur- 

 nip beet, viz — Early Blood, Simon's Early, Dewing and Egyp- 

 tian. The beets were thinned to six inches apart in the rows, 

 given clean cultivation, and were pulled and topped from Octo- 

 ber 15th to October 25th when of an average diameter of about 

 three and one-half inches, a good size for table use. The area 

 of the plot was 22.346 feet, and the number of pounds of the 

 yield was 19,754, a little short of ten tons, which at sixty pounds 

 to the bushel would make 329 bushels. As will be seen the 

 crop is not presented as a crop for fodder purposes, for in that 

 case they would have been planted as early as frost left the 

 ground, and have been thinned to a distance of eight or ten 

 inches apart in the rows. By planting them very early on a 

 rich soil, I have grown the early blood turnip beet to weigh from 

 ten to twenty pounds and reach the size of a half bushel mea- 

 sure. This crop is presented as an excellent yield for beets of 

 a size suitable for table use. The following shows the cost : — 

 Manure and spreading, - - $ 25.00 



Ploughing, Harrowing and Raking, - 8.50 



