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The crops for 1882 were very poor. On one-half acre of 

 onions there was not one peck of valuable ones; on that same 

 piece this year the crop has been estimated from eight hun- 

 dred to one thousand bushels to the acre. The whole crop on 

 four acres of onions last year was six hundred bushels ; this 

 year think they will average six hundred bushels to acre. 

 The crops for this year are four and one-half acres onions, a 

 small piece of carrots, sugar beets, cabbage, and various other 

 garden crops. The crops have all looked well with the excep- 

 tion of the cabbage, the worms eating the most of them, and 

 don^t think the crops have been affected by the drought, which 

 I think is owing to the drains keeping the land moist. 

 Although I do not think it hardly fair to compare this year 

 with last, owing to the extreme drought of last year, I do 

 think our crop has been doubled for this year, and I am well 

 satisfied with the drains. 



The following is the cost of draining six acres. By com- 

 paring the number of feet laid with the amount bought, as will 

 be seen, there were some left over. There were mostly two 

 inch, there being but very little breakage on the larger size 

 tile. The total cost, as seen, is $392.88, an expense of 82 cts. 

 per rod, or $65.48 per acre. 



EXPENSE. 



To 155 days labor, at $1.25 per day, 



To 6495 feet 2-inch tile, at $17.00 per M, 



To 861 " 3 " " " 29.75 " " 



To 558 " 4 " " " 46.75, 



To freight on tile, 



To hauling tile from depot, 



To expense to Exc'.er to buy tile. 



Paid Engineer, 



Tarred paper, 



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