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the season, grew rapidly and were plenty thick enough 

 to be good size and yield well. The crop ripened well 

 except in one wet corner where there were some scullions 

 and there were no picklers, all the onions being large. 

 The first weeding begun May 30, just 30 days from sow- 

 ing, the second June 20, third July 6 and fourth July 23, 

 after which they had very little attention. 

 Here is the account : 



Dr. 



20 cords manure. $160 00 



1200 pounds phosphate, 21 00 



Applying phosphate, 1 ^0 



Plowing, 15 hours at 40c, (i 00 



Harrowing, 10 '• " " 4 00 



Meeker, 8 " " 30c, 2 40 



8 pounds seed at $5, 40 00 



Sowing, 10 hours at 20c, 2 00 



6 bags salt applied, 4 00 



1st weeding, T^c. to 20c. per hour, 40 70 



2d '• 36 45 



3d •■ 21 70 



4th - 19 60 



Removing weeds &c, 3 75 



Pulling, 7 00 



Raking and drying, 6 00 



Picking up, 12 50 



Teaming and storing, 25 00 



Total, 841 3 10 



Yield 1250 bushels. 



Cost stored per bushel, $ 33 



Cost per acre, 177 00 



Yield per acre, 535 bushels. 



I do not know what the crop will sell for, but hope to 

 realize a fair profit. There are really man)' items that 

 enter into the cost of our farming that are not charged to 

 these special crops such as taxes, interest, insurance, c«>st 

 of tools and teams and repairs on same, depreciation of 



