22 GARDEXIXG FOR PROFIT. 



expenditures for one acre of a few of the leading arti- 

 cles we cultivate, taking the average of the past ten 

 years, from the grounds that have been brought up 

 to the proper standard of fertility necessary to the 

 market garden : 



EXPENDITURES FOR ONE ACRE. 



Labor ... $480 



Horse-labor 50 



Manure, 75 tons 100 



Eent - 50 



Seeds -- 10 



Wear and Tear of Tools, etc 10 



Cost of Carriage to Market and Selling 100 



$800 



RECEIPTS FOR ONE ACRE. 



12,000 Early Cabbages, at 4 cents per head $480 



14,000 Lettuce, at 1 cent per head 140 



30, 000 Celery, at 2 cents per head 600 



$1,220 

 800 



$430 



The rotation crops of Early Beets or Onions, fol- 

 lowed by Horseradish or Sweet Herbs as a second crop, 

 give nearly the same results. 



