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STATEMENT OF MAURICE H. CONNOR, CABBAGE CROP. 



The half acre of cabbages entered by me were raised on 

 land that has been in grass for the last five years, the crop 

 last year being about one ton to the acre. The soil is a 

 gravelly loam, the manure was ploughed under in May 

 about six inches deep 25 loads per acre and 400 pounds of 

 phosphate in the hill ; the seed was dropped about the 

 10th of June and cultivated and hoed three times. There 

 were 2925 heads on the half acre and we find by weighing 

 the product of two rods they will average eight pounds 

 each, which would give 46,-^00 lbs. or 464 bbls. per acre 

 allowing 100 pounds to the barrel. 



COST PER ACRE. 



Ploughing and preparing land, -110 00 



Seed and sowing, 4 00 



Cultivating and hoeing, 16 00 



40 lbs. of Bradley's phosphate, 6 50 



25 loads of manure, 50 00 



Cost per acre before harvesting, 186 50 



VALUE OF CROP IN THE FIELD. 



5850 cabbages at 4c. each, 234 00 



Profit per acre, $147 50 



I hereby certify that I have measured a field of cab- 

 bages entered for premium by Maurice H. Connor and find 

 it contains one-half acre. 



Moses Smith. 



STATEMENT OF A CROP OF ONIONS RAISED BY E. C. 

 LITTLE, SUPT. CRYSTAL LAKE FARM. 

 To the Committee on Root Crops: 



The crop last was beets, carrots and cabbages. The 

 land is a sandy loam ; ploughed the manure in last fall at 

 the rate of ten cords per acre, harrowed this spring and 

 sowed the seed the 25th of April. The seed came up 

 well but one side was washed out badly by rain. 



