97 



was then sown, by using a seed sower. The seed was sown 

 the 15th of May. After the plants were large enough to be 

 seen, the horse hoe was run between the rows, once a week, un- 

 til the plants were too large to admit of cultivation. The 

 piece was hoed by hand, three times. By sowing with the 

 machine, the plants stood in a narrow, straight row, which 

 made the work of hoeing much less than it would have been 

 liad the seed been scattered by hand. The plants came up 

 very thickly, and were mostly thinned by farmers who wanted 

 the plants to transplant. The plants were left to stand about 

 twenty inches apart in the row. The crop suffered from the 

 severe drought, and would not be considered an extra one, in 

 an ordinary season. I have sold at wholesale, in Lawrence, 

 six tons and two hundred and ninety pounds of cabbage, for 

 •f 165. 16. I have gathered, to-day, from the piece, 1383 cab- 

 bages, which, at three cents per head, are worth $41.49 ; mak- 

 ing total value of crop, exclusive of fodder, 1206.65. 

 The cost of the crop is as follows : — 



Plowing and preparing land, 6.50 



Seed and sowing, 2.50 



Cultivating and hoeing, 15.00 



200 lbs. Phosphate, 4.00 



Value of manure, when spread, 27.00 



Marketing, 20.50 



Int. on land, 3.00 



Cost of gathering crop, balanced by value of fodder. 



Total cost, $78.50 



STATEMENT OF J. W. BLODGETT. 



The following is the account of my beet crop entered for 

 premium : — 



The land on which the beets were grown, consists of a black 

 loam with a sandy subsoil. The crop grown on this land, 

 season of 1882, was potatoes, manured in the drill at the rate 

 of about six or seven cords to the acre. 



