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Net proceeds $22.10 per acre.After the pea vines were harvested a good crop of crab grass sprang up, which was harvested about the 1st of October, making one ton per acre, and closing out the year.The account with the crab grass stood as follows:Mowing, 40 cents per acre.Raking, 15 cents per acre.Shocking, 20 cents per acre.Hauling and baling, $2 per acre.Total cost of crab grass, $2.75 per acre.Credit, one ton crab grass, $15.00.Net proceeds, $12.25.The total account stood as follows:Cost of oats, $12.57 per acre.Cost of peas, $5.90 per acre.Cost of crab grass, $2.75 per acre.Rent, $2 per acre.Deterioration on team and tools. 50 cents per acre.Total expense, $13.92 per acre. Credit.Oats, $27 per acre.Peas, $27 per acre.Crab grass, $15 per acre.Total net proceeds, $45.38 per acre.I begin my corn growing by breaking land deep in the winter, using a three-horse disk plow, turning three acres per day. When planting time
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Deland Florida Agriculturist
Deland, Florida, US
Wed, Sep 04, 1907
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