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and tomatoes, as given in products below, etc.); cost of fuel, S186.97 ; 

 total cost, $2,848.17. 



Alden Products. — Evaporated apples, 24,725 pounds; evaporated 

 corn, 1,000 pounds; eva|)orated tomatoes, 200 pounds; cost of Alden 

 apples per pound, packed, 10 54-100 cts. ; cost fuel per pound, 69-100 

 cts. ; cost labor per pound, 3 4-10 cts. (including packing, etc.); num- 

 ber pounds evaporated apples from a bushel green, 5 ; number days in 

 operation (of 20 hours each), 37. 



The proprietor has sold 17,725 pounds Alden apples to date (Decem- 

 ber 10) for, net cash, §2,836.00. The remaining Alden apples at same 

 price will net $1,120.00, and the corn and tomatoes will bring at least 

 $200, making the net receipts for the Alden products, $4,156.00. 



Two Alden evaporators at Fairfield, Mich., have given the following 

 results ; 



Bushels green apples, 6,342. Cost of apples, $2,246.10; labor, 

 $1,372.49; fuel, $110.38; cost of barrels for vinegar, of packages, sacks, 

 etc., for dried fruit, improvements, repairs, etc., $423.32 ; incidentals, 

 $200, giving a total outlay of $4,352.29. 



Alden Products. — Alden evaporated apples, 35,430 pounds; vinegar, 

 130 barrels; cost of apples, packed, per pound, including vinegar in 

 barrels, 12 3-10 cts.; cost of fuel per pound, 31-100 cts.; cost of labor, 

 including packing, cost of vinegar, etc., 3 87-100 cts.; number pounds 

 from bushel green apples, 5 6-10 ; number days in operation (20 hours), 

 49. Estimating Alden apples at 17 cts. (basis on which we have sold this 

 season), the product would bring, net, $5,683 10 ; vinegar, at only $2.50 

 per barrel, $325 ; total net proceeds, $6,008.10; net balance, $1,655.81. 



At Carbondale, 111., three evaporators were operated as follows: 



Bu.shels green apples evaporated, 5,247 ; corn, 62,015 ^^^^- Cost of 

 apples, $1,925.80 ; corn, $217.50 ; labor, $1, 159.50; fuel, $200; cost of 

 barrels and packages, $242.80; incidentals, $67.20, making the total 

 expenditure, $3,812.80. 



Aldefi Products. — Alden apples, 25,050 pounds ; corn, 4,770 pounds. 

 Cost of product per pound, packed, including vinegar, etc., 11 95-100 

 cts.; cost of fuel per pound, 67-100 cts.; labor per pound, 3 88-100 cts.; 

 number pounds Alden apples from a bushel, 5, scarcely; number days in 

 operation (20 hours only), 18^. Product nearly all sold, and estimating 

 only on a little balance, the net proceeds are, for apples, $4,020.65 ; corn, 

 $760.84; cider sold, $30; vinegar, $160, making the total net proceeds, 

 $4,971.49, showing a net balance {305 bushels per day on only 18^ days) 

 of $1,158.69. 



At Cobden, 111., three evaporators were run, doing work as follows : 



Bushels apples evaporated, 2,475 J total cost of labor fuel, apples, 

 incidentals, etc., $1,510.88. 



Alden Products. — Alden apples, 14,937 jjounds ; cost per pound, 

 xo'yi cts.; cOst of fuel per pound, 35-100 cts.; number pounds Alden to 

 bushel, six and a fraction. This total cost includes cost of all new ma- 

 chines — peelers, corers, slicers, etc. — and we quit with them in better 

 condition lluin kisl season. 



