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fitting, etc., depending on how much time is put on the field. 

 Fertilizing will cost from $50 to $60 per acre, seed from $5 to 

 $12 per acre, hand labor from $65 to $90 per acre, and if there 

 is trouble with smut there is the cost of the formaldehyde. 

 Sacks are usually furnished by the buyer. 



A man who understands his business can care for three acres 

 of onions, and if he has a family with children will do more by 

 occasionally hiring a few days' help. As stated before, plenty 

 of our thrifty Polish farmers have made their start this way, 

 but they work and work hard, believing that "seed time and 

 harvest will never fail." And in the majority of cases they 

 win out. 



Cost of One Acre of Onions. 



Rent of land (or interest if land is owned), ^ . . $20.00 to $40.00 



Plowing, 2.50 to 3.50 



Fitting, 5.00 to 5.00 



Fertilizers, 50.00 to 60.00 



Seed, 5.00 to 12.00 



Labor, 65.00 to 90.00 



Formaldehyde, 1.00 to 1.00 



$148.50 to $211.50 



The yield per acre runs from 500 to 1,000 bushels, and the 

 average price to the grower for the past five years (in the fall) 

 has been about 55 cents. From these figures it is apparent that 

 a good-sized crop of onions should yield a good profit to both 

 the owner of the land and the grower. 



' These figures are based on Connecticut River valley conditions. The item for rent is of 

 course high, but this is because good onion land in this section commands from SlOO up to 

 even $800 an acre. A farmer in another .section where land was not so valuable would save 

 considerable expense on this item. — Editor. 



