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e. Cultivation, $15 00 



f. Harvesting, . . . . . . . 6 00 



4. — Interest and taxes, . . . . . . 16 00 



Total cost per acre, ...... $84 50 



Received. 



Sold 195 cwt., for . 

 Cost of marketing, . 



Fed 70 cwt., worth, at 50 cts.. 



164 06 



Net profit on one acre, . • . . . . $77 56 



14 tons of Swedes contains of — 



Nitrogen, 54 lbs., at 25 cts., . . . $13 50 



Potash, 90 lbs., at 5 cts., . . . 4 50 



Phos. Acid, 30 lbs., at 15 cts., . . 4 50 



Value of manure removed by crop, $22 50 



Beets. — Our beets were sowed on ground which has been 

 ia cultivation for many years, and last year, 1872, bore two 

 crops, one of each pease and the other of Euglish turnips. 



This spring the ground was ploughed deep, twelve inches, 

 and eight cords to the acre of stable-manure was harrowed in. 

 The seed was sown with a seed-sower in drills two and one- 

 half (21) feet apart. A sample-piece, one rod square, was 

 measured, and its product w^eighed to get the yield per acre. 

 As many of the beets were sold early in the season in bunches, 

 the value of the crop cannot be exactly given, but $1.25 per 

 barrel, of one hundred and fifty pounds, is a fair price, and 

 certainly low enough. 



Summary. — (Josl of One Acre of Beets. 



1.— Seed, $1 00 



2. — Manure removed by crop, . . . . 40 00 



3. — a. Carting and spreading manure, . . . 6 00 



