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BEETS GROWN BY H. C. COMINS, HADLEY. 



The soil on which the crop grew was a heav}' loam, which is some- 

 times overflowed b}' the river. The land measured 75 rods, and the 

 beets were sown in drills two and one-half feet apart. The yield is 

 estimated b}- weighing ten baskets which averaged 66 pounds per bas- 

 ket. The account stands about as follows : — 



Dr. 

 To Manure, three cords at $7, 



Stockbridge fertilizer. 



Plowing, 



Harrowing and fitting, 



Sowing seed and fertilizer, 



Seed, five pounds at 20 cents, 



Cultivating with horse four times. 



Hoeing first time, 



Hoeing second time and thinning. 



Cutting weeds, 



Harvesting, four days" work, 



Gr. 



'By one-half the manure left in the soil, 

 22,364 pounds of beets at $5 per ton. 

 Tops used for feed. 



Balance, 

 North Hadley, Nov. 10, 1880. 



