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been moderately profitable; but the main labor on the crop 
—the weeding—comes in at a time when much else is to be 
done, so that it is not a favorite with us, and we shall sooner 
decrease than enlarge our bed. We sow the seed in rows al¬ 
ternately ten and eighteen inches apart, and about the tenth of 
July run through the wide spaces with a one-horse subsoil 
plow, and after it sow a row of Strap Leaf turnips, or trans¬ 
plant ruta bagas, skipping a few rows every fifty or sixty feet 
whereon to spread the onions to cure when pulled. In this 
way we keep the ground clear of weeds the whole season and 
get two crops from our abundant application of manure. 
Parsnips. —Of parsnips we grow about the same amount as 
of carrots, but at double the profit. We never can understand 
why parsnips, yielding the same or more per acre than carrots 
growing immediately by the side of them, sell for twice as 
great a price. 
Peas. —Of these we have spoken under the head of melons. 
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Potatoes. —Of late potatoes we grow none, but of early 
ones (entirely Early Rose) from six to ten acres, planted very 
early, upon manured furrows, in hills three feet apart each 
way. Early in June we run a subsoil plow between the rows 
crosswise of the manured furrows, and between the hills on 
this furrow plant sweet corn for late sales, or if early, set out 
tomato plants, or, when late, Drumhead cabbage, or plant 
cucumbers for pickles $s described under that head. The 
potatoes alone yield a return of about $100 per acre, and the 
succeeding crop as mentioned under that head. 
Radishes involve little labor except pulling, washing and 
bunching, and as many as can be sold are usually grown at a 
profit. We usually mix the seed with that of earty beets, 
onions and other crops that need to be weeded while very small, 
and by the quick growth of the radishes the rows can be 
traced sooner than otherwise. As soon as the radishes are 
large enough to market we pull them out and sell them at 
five cents for bunches of six to ten. Thus treated as a stolen 
crop we usually realize from $50 to $70. 
