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but one hour's hand labor done on them, and that was in 

 fixing up the ends of the rows after cultivating them, as the 

 land was so situated that I had to turn on the potatoes. 



The land plowed eight inches deep last fall, harrowed in 

 the spring, furrowed with horse hoe, covered with the same 

 implement, cultivated once, earthed up once, and left until 

 digging time. The tops grew so rank that before the bugs 

 hatched they covered the ground, so I let them eat, but 

 should not do so again, as I think they hurt the crop to a 

 considerable extent. The fertilizer was applied about two- 

 thirds broadcast, and the rest put in the drill. Potatoes, 

 part whole ones and part cut, were dropped one foot apart 

 as nearly as I could guess. The rows were three feet apart, 

 marked with a marker before opening. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 



Crop of Potatoes Dr. 



Plowing one-half acre of land, $2.50 



Harrowing, 1.00 



Marking, and opening furrows, .75 

 One-half ton Stockbridge Potate Manure, at 142.50 22.50 



Applying same, .75 



Dropping and covering, 1.50 



Seven bushels potatoes, for seed, 5.00 



Cultivating and earthing up, 1.50 



Digging and storing, at 7 cts, per bushel, 18.27 



Interest and taxes on land, 3.00 



Or. 



v By 18 bushels small potatoes, at 25 cts., $4.50 

 243 bushels of large potatoes, at 11., 243.00 



$56.77 



$247.50 



The product of one-half acre was 261 bushels, or at the 

 rate of 522 bushels per acre, and the cost per bushel 21 cts. 

 and a fraction. Where cut seed was used, there was but 

 one bushel of small potatoes to twenty-five large ones, and 



