100 



Cost of Potato crop No. 1, one half acre : — 



Ploughing, 



Manure and spreading the sam,e, 



Phosphate, 250 lbs., 



Harrowing and marking, 



Seed, 4 bushels, at 75 cts., 



Planting, 



Cultivating and hoeing, 



Paris Green and labor. 



Digging and harvesting, 



Interest and taxes, 



Cost of Potato crop No. 2, one-half acre : 



Ploughing, harrowing and furrowing, 



Phosphate, 500 lbs., 



2i bushels "White Elephants" at $1.00, 



2 bushels " Clark's No. 1," at 75 cts., 



1 bushel " Beauty of Hebron," at $1.00, 



Planting, cultivating and hoeing, 



Harvesting, 



Paris Green and labor, 



Interest and taxes, 



1.50 



40.00 

 5,00 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 2.25 

 3.50 

 1.00 

 6.00 



$64.25 

 3.00 



$67.25 



2.00 

 10.00 

 2.50 

 1.50 

 .50 

 3.50 

 7.00 

 1.00 



$28.00 

 3.00 



!i31.00 



The difference in the cost of cultivation of the potatoes, is, 

 of course, in the manner of cultivation. The difference in the 

 cost of the manure and phosphate is very perceptible, and the 

 question at once arises,, whether one-half of the manure mighty 

 not be charged back to the land ; also, what proportion, if any, 

 of the phosphate should be charged back. 



