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high as ii tons per acre have been grown by 

 weight at South Lima. We will say an 

 average yield of spinach would be seven tons 

 on good land. I do not believe it is possible 

 for any man to grow spinach on new muck 

 land. The land must be well subdued and 

 clean. If you have chickweed, do not try 

 spinach. Several acres of ground at South 

 Lima sown to spinach came up so thick with 

 chickweed that the canneries rejected it. 

 You cannot sort it out. 



"All the labor a grower can afford to put 

 on it is what he can with a wheeled hoe. It 

 is safe to say that, under ordinary condi- 

 tions, $25 an acre should furnish the seed, 

 prepare the ground, and harvest the crop. 

 The average yield I should estimate at seven 

 tons. We have contracted for $18 a ton, 

 and the canner furnishes all packages and 

 pays freight each way. 



"The Long Standing we find the best of 

 any variety to sow if we want to carry it 

 along. We are going to sow all our spin- 

 ach at one time. We told the party we con- 

 tracted with, we should sow Round Thick 

 Leaf, Victory and Long Standing. There is 

 not much difference in Long Season and 

 Long Standing. Norfolk Savoy is an excel- 



