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The entire cost and profits of the crop on the half acre was 

 as follows : — 



Interest on land, $3.00 



Ploughing and harrowing, 2.00 



Fetilizers, 45.00 



Applying same, 1.00 



Raking, 1.25 



Planting, -50 



Seed, 12.00 



Three weedings, 12.00 



Three slidings, 1.75 



Pulling and turning, 4.00 



Harvesting, 12.00 



Topping, 10.20 



Marketing, 23.80 



$128.50 



Value of crop large onions, 320 bushels, at 80 cts., $256.00 

 20 bushels "picklers" at 50 cts., 10.00 



$266.00 

 Deduct cost, 128.50 



Profits, $137.50 



The price of onions is unusually low this season or tlie 

 profits would have made a better showing. 



STATEMENT OF J. W. BLODGETT. 



To the Committee on Root Crops : — 



Gentlemen : — The following is the account of my potato 

 crop entered for premium. 



The land consists of a black loam with sandy subsoil. It 

 had been in grass several years previous to 1881 and had 

 received no manure. In June of that year the grass was cut ; 

 ploughed the land six to eight inches deep in July, manured 



