200 MUCK CROPS 



According to W. W. .Ware, a successful 

 vegetable grower of New York State, who, 

 with W. L. Bonney, are cultivating a large 

 acreage of muck to celery, lettuce and 

 onions, the cost of growing a crop of onions 

 on muck land does not vary a great deal 

 from that of celery. Mr. Ware estimates 

 the cost per acre about as follows, taking no 

 account of overhead charges, such as in- 

 terest on capital invested, taxes, and depre- 

 ciation: 



Plowing and fitting soil 6.50 



Fertilizer 38.00 



Sowing fertilizer 1.00 



Seed, six pounds at $1.50 . 9.00 



Sowing seed 2.00 



Hoeing, eight times 16.00 



Hand weeding .' 40.00 



Sorting and drawing to crib and car. .. 30.00 



Total $142.50 



Yields. The yields vary from very low 

 sometimes absolutely nothing to as high as 

 1,000 or 1,200 bushels an acre. A good aver- 

 age crop is 500 or 600 bushels. The prices 

 received vary, as do the returns. In 1912 

 the prices in the fall was 24 to 30 cents a 

 bushel. It varied from that down to ab- 

 solute zero. In 1913 the prices varied 

 from 62% cents to $1.00 in the early part of 

 the season, following, for the storage crop, 



