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ure. 1888 the crop was potatoes ; used six cords of barn-yard 

 manure for the two years. Soil is loam. This year I used for 

 the turnips the same kind of manure, three and one-half cords, 

 (or at the rate of seven cords per acre.) One-half pound of 

 seed was used, sown in drills three feet apart ; was cultivated 

 once ; was weighed in baskets to sixty pounds to the bushel. 

 The result was 343 bushels of merchantable turnips on the half 

 acre. 



Cost of ploughing and levelling, $3.50 



Value of manure, three and one-half cords, 22.75 



Value of seed and sowing same, 2.00 



Cultivated once, .50 



Weeding and thinning, 5.00 



Harvesting, 11.00 



Whole expense, $44.75 



Value of ruta bagas, 343 bushels, at 35 cts. 



per bushel, 120.05 



Expense, 44.75 



Profit of half acre, $75.30 



Rate of turnip crop per acre, 686 bushels, $240.10 



Rate of cost of crop per acre, 89.50 



Profit per acre, $150.60 



This is to certify that I, Daniel D. Adams, surveyed the land 

 for Cornelius Moynihan, where the 343 bushels ruta bagas grew, 

 and found it to be one-half acre. 



Daniel D. Adams. 



This is to certify that I measured, in basket, sixty pounds to 

 the bushel, the half acre of ruta baga turnips of Cornelius 

 Moynihan ; the result was 343 bushels. 



Dennis F. Moynihan. 



