114 VEGETABLE GROWING. 



Raising plants.. $ 30 



Eent of land. 4 



Fertilizer and applying it 100 



Plowing and clearing. . 4 



Transplanting 40 



Seed 5 



Cultivating 20 



Harvesting 45 



Crates, commission and freight 150 



$398 



An acre should raise from 400 to 1,000 bushels. 



If, then, we are certain of $1.25 a crate for our crop, 

 we will have a net profit of $102. This is 25 per cent, 

 on the money invested for half a year. It is not usual 

 to have to sell the crop for so low a rate, and the esti- 

 mates given above are liberal in their allowance. 



We can say, however, that it will not pay to raise 

 onions for less than $1.00 a crate, under the present 

 conditions of transportation. 



