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Show The Cost. '"'Tt iH The Pecos Valley Argus gives the '., H following cost and result of an acre of f:M!; bf ets in New Mexico, the result being p-liiiiiiiifl actual experience . .'4' ' Plowing land 14 inch's deep $2 25 H Harrowing 25 ll Rolling -r .. --MH Seed (will probably be much lees in future).....' 200 , Planting '40- i I H Thinning 4"00 ,' 1 M Second ioeing 1 00 .A. H Cultivating four times 100 H Three irrigations 100 H Last hoeing and weeding 00 v H Harvesting. 10 tons per acie $1 per 10 00 M Water rout 1 25 t 1 Taxes 60l" - H Intcrost 0 per cent at $50 Der aero 3 00 't' -- H Total $2800 ' fl Normal crop, 10 tons, 10 per cent, , H $4 50 $45 00 'H Total value of crop. . . 45 00 . H Total cost 28 00 ;., H Not profit per acre.. $17 00 (-j' H |