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MUCK CROPS 



Costs. Where tenant farming has been 

 used, the following costs are given. The 

 land owner supplies the plowing, $4.50; har- 

 rowing and fitting, $2.50; half the seed, 

 $3.75; half the fertilizer, 800 pounds, $12.00; 

 and use of the crates, $10.00. The tenant 

 supplies half of the above seed and ferti- 

 lizer and the labor of 

 planting $1.75; labor 

 of weeding, from 

 $25.00 to $30.00; culti- 

 vating, from $15.00 to 

 $25.00; pulling $2.50 

 to $3.00; and topping 

 and placing in crates, 

 varying according to 

 the yield, from $15.00 

 to $20.00. The crop is 

 divided in the field, 

 half the onions going 

 to the owner and half 

 to the tenant. 

 Some interesting figures have been gatK- 

 ered from actual experience on a piece of 

 land representing i 1-3 acres. 



A full crate of Onions. 

 Onions very large. This 

 crate was filled in less 

 than five minutes by a 

 eleven year old Italian 

 boy, taking the Onions 

 from the ground one by 

 one and topping before 

 placing in crate. 



