146 Subtropical Vegetable-Gardening 



Costs in onion-growing. 



The Bermuda onion is a staple vegetable, and hence 

 never brings a fancy price, but southern vegetable-growing 

 will not be on a settled foundation until those engaged in it 

 are prepared to produce crops on narrow margins that wiU 

 compete with other sections that are near the market. 

 This crop brings on an average eighty cents in the field 

 for a bushel crate. If one can be certain of a profit of 

 ten cents a crate, the investment will be a profitable one. 

 The expense of raising an acre of Bermuda onions is about 

 as follows in Texas : 



Clearing, plowing, and fertilizing $70 



Seed 9 



Transplanting 20 



Irrigation 15 



Cultivating and weeding 16 



Harvesting 20 



Interest on investment 20 



$170 



An acre should raise from 200 to 300 bushels. If, then, 

 one is certain of eighty cents a bushel, one will have a net 

 profit of $70. This is 40 per cent on the money invested. 



In Florida the labor is probably more expensive than 

 in Texas. 



Bulletins. 



Onions and Bunch Crops, Tex. Bulletin 77, 1904. 

 Fertilizer Tests with Onions, Tex. Bulletin 115, 1908. 

 Onion Culture, Farmers' Bulletin 354, 1909. 



