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MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 169. 



Interest on value of equipment (calculated per acre), . 

 Taxes on land valuation $60, rate $18 per $1,000, 

 Depreciation of equipment per year (calculated per acre), 

 Fertilizer, 3,000 pounds at $34 per ton, 

 Seed, 6 pounds at $1.30 per pound, .... 

 Labor, for fitting land and sowing fertilizer: — 



11 2-horse hours at 50 cents, .... 

 4 hours' drilling in seed at $1.75 per day, . 

 Labor, for tending crop: — 



21 days' weeding, | 



4 days' shove hoeing, > 30 days at $1.75, 



5 days' cultivating, J 

 Labor, pulling: — 



If days at $1.75, ...... 



Total cost per acre to landowner, . 



Total cost per bushel (460 bushels per acre), . 



$2 97 

 1 08 

 3 40 



51 00 



7 80 



5 50 

 70 



52 50 



2 63 



$142 58 

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Cost of Producing an Acre of Onions to the Cash Tenant. 

 Land rental (average), ......... $38 00 



Tools, etc. : — 

 Seeder, 

 Hand cultivator 

 Onion hoe, 

 Shove hoe. 

 Shovel, 

 Screen, 

 Baskets (2), 

 Shears, 

 Rake, 



Interest and depreciation on investment in tools (calculated). 

 Fertilizer, 3,000 pounds at $34 per ton, . . . . 



Seed, 6 pounds at $1.45 per pound (credit). 

 Labor, for fitting land and sowing the fertilizer: — 



11 2-horse hours at 50 cents, . . . . . 



4 hours' drilling in seed at $1.75 per day, . 

 Labor, for tending crop: 



21 days' weeding, 



5 days' cultivating, } 30 days at $1.75, 

 4 days' shove hoeing. 



Labor, pulling: — 

 . If days at $1.75, 



52 50 



2 63 



Total cost per acre to renter. 



Total cost per bushel (460 bushels per acre), 



Yields. 

 Despite rather striking variations by years, the average yield per acre 

 of Connecticut Valley onions has measurably increased in recent years, 

 due to better farm practices and effective control of some onion diseases. 



