240 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



There is another class — the ovoid mangold and the globe 

 maygold. The ovoid mangolds are oblong, as the name would 

 imply, and they have this great merit — they grow very sym- 

 metrically, and with scarcely any small fibrous roots. One 

 trouble with these roots is, that they catch up a great deal of 

 mud and dirt, and it is difficult to get them clean. These 

 ovoids arc very solid and heavy, and have hardly any small 

 fibres. The French think they arc the best beets to grow. Of 

 the globe mangolds, I do not know any special argument for 

 them, but they are said to be rather early and to grow well on 

 sandy soil. I cannot testify to that from personal experience. 



Of Crops. — A first-class crop of carrots is thirty tons. Of 

 mangolds, it runs as high as fifty tons. I saw one crop of 

 onions of 936 bushels. But these are extreme crops. A very 

 good crop of carrots is twenty tons. Five hundred bushels of 

 onions is a very good crop. .Twenty-five tons of mangolds to 

 the acre is a good crop. 



Cost of Production. — I have figured a little on the cost of 

 production. Some farmers do not figure on these things at all, 

 and hardly know how they are coming out. Take an acre of 

 carrots : — 



Interest on land, ..... 



First ploughing, ..... 



Harrowing, cultivating and brushing, 



Second ploughing and raking, . 



Seed, 1\ pounds, ..... 



Manure, and spreading eight cords, . 

 Planting seeds, . . 

 Weeding, four boys, three weedings, two days 

 time, ....... 



Pulling large weeds, .... 



Three slidings, ..... 



Digging, • 



Topping, 



Wear and tear of tools, .... 



Total, 



each 



$181 50 



The average price of late has been $12 a ton. Estimating 

 the crop at twenty tons, we have $240. Deduct cost of pro- 



