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Cost of preparing ten acres. 



Embankment 1,800 feet, at 30 cents $540 



Embankments 900 feet, at 20 cents 180 



$720 



Eunways, 10,000 feet, at 8 cents 800 



Water-gates, 3, at $10 30 



Trees, 1,250, at 20 cents 250 



Planting 50 



300 



Extra labor, 4 men, at $1 per day 1, 100 



Tools, hoes, screens, &c 50 



Total cost of preparing ten acres $3, 000 



We are also able to get at tlie annual receipts and expenses, and we 

 find that fish culture, instead of being the troublesome, fussy business 

 it is generally supjjosed, in reality is the simplest of all the productive 

 industries, and comparatively nothing remains to be done after the 

 waters are properly prepared. 



Anmud receipts from ten acres. 



10,000 feet of runway, 10 feet wide, 1 pound fish to 10 feet, at 



10 cents $1, 000 



85,000 feet of pond surface ; 8,500 pounds fish, at 10 cents . , . 850 



1,250 fruit trees, plum and quince^ at $1 1, 250 



Poultry and eggs 150 



Total annual receipts $3, 250 



Annual expenses. 



Labor, 2 men 8C00 



Tools, hauling, &c 20 



Total annual expenses 620 



Net profits for one year on 83,000 invested $2, G30 



Should the operations prove as successful on a large scale as on a 

 small one, the receipts would be increased from one to one and a half 

 times, which would make the annual net profits on ten acres consider- 

 ably over $5,000. 



For a new industry this is certainly a wonderful showing, and we are 

 assured that the figures are rather within than over the marks. 



F. F. 



