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expensive to prepare, and requires more liberal 

 use of expensive fertilizers. The seed is more 

 expensive and the cultivation and harvesting 

 also more costly. 



While all the fixed charges for intensive 

 crops are higher than for cereals they are not 

 sufficiently high to reduce the net profits to the 

 same level as those for cereals. 



A comparative accounting between onions 

 and corn, both hoe crops, would appear some- 

 what as follows: 



Corn Onions 



Interest on land $ 2.00 $ 6.00 



Cost of preparation 3.00 6.00 



Cost of seed 25 8.00 



Cost of planting l.oo 3.00 



Cost of cultivation l.oo 15.00 



Cost of harvesting 2.50 10.00 



Cost of fertilizer oo 40.00 



9.75 88.00 



400 bu. 



Market Value of Crop : at soc= 



50 bu. at 700= 35.00 200.00 



Net returns $25.25 $112.00 



The net return from the onions is almost 

 five times as much as from corn, but the cost 

 of producing the onions is about nine times as 

 as great. More capital and more knowledge 

 are required to grow the onion crop but it 

 pays. 



