132 



Seed. :\\ lbs. at $2 50, 8 13 



Sowing, 7 hours at 20 cts., 1 40 



Hoeing, at -0 cts. per hour, 8 00 



1st weeding, at $1.25 per day, 11 50 



2d weeding, 10 00 



3d weeding, 8 00 



4th weeding, 10 00 



5tl) weeding, 7 50 



Interest and taxes, 15 00 



Harvesting and marketing at 12cts. per bu., 71 82 



Total cost, -1258 60 



Or. 



598i bushels onions at 75 cts., 



Leaving profit, 



Receipts per acre, 



Expense " " 



Profit " " 42 per cent., 



Yield per acre 800 bushels. 



Included in the above were 17 bushels of Early Red 

 Globes from 2 ounces of seed, many of which were perfect- 

 ly sound when taken out of the cellar, May 10. 



The whole crop was very free from scullions, and as a 

 Danvers man said when looking at them after they were in 

 the shed, " They were as good looking a lot of onions as 

 anybody need to see." Remember, these were grown on 

 land that never grew an onion before. The year's experi- 

 ence, as given above, taught me a good many things by 

 which I have profited in the year past. One thing that I 

 learned was to get the manure all into the ground in the 

 fall instead of having to cart and spread it in the spring 

 when we ought to be harrowing and seeding, for every day 

 then counts on the growth of the crop, while time is less 

 valuable in the fall, and the manure gets better mixed with 

 the soil and is better assimilated by the time the crop 

 needs it. It is therefore much more available for plan! 

 food than when applied at time of sowing. I also plowed 



