82 ONIONS FOR PROFIT, 



I.— ESTIMATE OF COST, AND RETURNS FROM THE OLD 

 METHOD. 



EXPENSES OF CROP PER ACRE. 



Rent of land, ... $ 6 oo 



Manure, 3 carloads, at ^16, 48 00 



Fertilizers, 20 00 



Hauling, applying manure, 12 00 



Plowing and harrowing, 3 00 



Seed, 6 lt)s. at ^2.25, 13 50 



Sowing, .... I GO 



Cultivation and weeding, first time, 15 00 



" " " second " 10 00 



" " " third " 5 00 



Pulling crop, 3 00 



Gathering, hauling, barreling, 35 00 



Barrels, or packages, 20 00 



Total, ^191 50 



RECEIPTS. 



By 600 bushels of onions, at 60 cents, $ 360 00 



Deducting expenses, 191 5° 



Net profit, ^168 50 



If reality corresponds with this estimate, the grower is 

 doing pretty well. Even if the price obtained for the crop 

 should be only fifty cents a bushel, the net profits, with 

 $300 realized from the crop, would still be about $110 after 

 all outlays and all labor at fair rates are paid for. 



The avqrage crop, it is true, is far below 600 bushels; 

 but we are not aiming for average crops. Our liberality in 

 applying manures, our thoroughness in selecting and pre- 

 paring just the right soil conditions, our good manage- 

 ment generally, should count for something. The average 

 crop can and should by these means be doubled or trebledt 

 A yield of 600 bushels of sound onions to the acre is the 

 very least that the wide-awake grower can expect under 



