California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences, Volume 46, Number 4, 28 May 1874 — YIELD AND PROFIT OF MANGEL-WURZEL. [ARTICLE]

YIELD AND PROFIT OF MANGEL-WURZEL.

Our correspondent in Plymouth Oouoly, Maeea ihusttt', aendi vi the statistics ot a crop <>' mangel-wut 7.? l produced by Mr. Albert Fearing Tfcrae-fourtba of an acre produced 38} tons, Talur $10 per too, $385; cost, 9 curds of manure, $90 ; seed, $2 ; plowing, $4 ; cultivation, $16 50 ; hai» reeling, $12; total $124.50; not profit, $260.50. Thia at tbe rate I f 1,708 bushels, or r > I \ tons, per acre, at a profit of $347.33.