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peas on May 28. On June 27 I picked corn, which 

 was 'Peep o' Day," and certainly was sweet. 

 From May 15 until October my garden supplied 

 a family of nine with vegetables. I dug my first 

 potatoes on June 29, and they were beauties — no 

 scabby ones and very few little ones. I got fifteen 

 bushels. The following table shows my gain, 

 actual sales: 



Tomatoes, 20 bushels at 35 cents per bushel . $ 7.00 



Potatoes, 15 bushels at 60 cents per bushel . . 9.00 



Onions, 4 bushels at 80 cents per bushel . . 3 . 20 



Peas, 6 bushels at 80 cents per bushel . . . 4.80 



Beets, 30 bunches at 3 cents per bunch .... .go 



Asparagus, 15 bunches at 12 cents per bunch . . 1.80 



Rhubarb, 30 bunches at 4 cents per bunch . . . 1.20 



Lettuce, 5° heads at 3 cents per head . . . . i.SO 



Celery, 200 bunches at 4 cents per bunch . . . 8.00 



Beans, 24 bushels at 40 cents per bushel . . . 9.60 



Spinach .70 



Squash, 20 at 3 cents each .60 



Pumpkins, 14 at 5 cents each .70 



Eggplant, 6 at 5 cents each .30 



Peppers, 2 packages at 20 cents each .... .40 



Carrots, 2\ bushels at 60 cents per bushel . . i ■ 50 



Radishes, 6 bunches at 2 cents per bunch ... .12 



Turnips, 3 bushels at 20 cents per bushel ... .60 



Corn, 90 dozen at i8 cents per dozen . . . . 16.20 



Lima beans, 2 bushels at 80 cents per bushel . . i . 60 



Cabbage, 60 head at 3 cents per head . . . . 1.80 



Total $71 S* 



EXPENSE 



Cost of seeds }5io.28 



Cost of plowing 2.50 



Cost of manure 5.00 



Cost of celery plants 4. CO 



Total ^21.78 



