112 EXrERIMEXTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



The crop in 1903 was a light one, being 161 gallons picked fruit, and 162 gallons 

 windfalls, or a total crop of about 13J barrels, but this year it was ver^- good, and 

 while the fruit was smaller it was highly coloured, and sold as well as could be ex- 

 pected on such a glutted market as there was this year. 



In the following table will be found the receipts and expenditure from the year 

 1S09, when the trees began to bear well, until the autumn of 1904. The expenses be- 

 fore 1899, including rent of land, cost of trees, planting and cultivating are estimated 

 at $150 per acre. 



Receipts. Estimated per acre. 



1899-1902 ' $ 307 01 $ 940 15^" 



1003, sold 88 baskets at 17i cts 20 80 62 92 



1904 " 60 boxes (Dublin) 4s. 6d. ($1.09) 65 40 197 83 



" 30 boxes 3s. 6d. (85cts) 25 50 77 14 



" 30 boxes (Glasgow) 5s. ($1.22; . . 36 60 110 71 



" 46 baskets at 20cts 9 20 27 83 



"■ 42 baskets at 17-1 cts 7 35 22 23 



'■ 53 bags (X grade) 30cts 15 90 48 10 



Total receipts, 1899-1904 $ 487 76 $1,486 91 



Expenses. 



Estimated per acre. 



1896-1899 — Estimated expenses per acre including rent 



of land, cost of trees, planting and cultivating. ... $ 150 00 



1899-1902 (For details see report for 1902). Total ex- 

 penses per acre 454 02 



1903, Eent of land 3 00 



Spraying 9 44 



Cost of baskets (baskets at 5i cts. each) 14 64 



Cost of picking 8 05 



Cost of packing 5 32 



Commission on sales G 29 



1904, Eent of land 3 00 



Spraying 9 44 



Cost of boxes and baskets (boxes at 14^ cts., baskets 



6i cts) 69 27 



Cost of picking 60 50 



Cost of packing and grading fruit in boxes, including 



excelsior and cardboard 69 01 



Cost of packing baskets 5 32 



Freight, «&c., on boxes of fruit sold 115 24 



Commission on fruit sold in boxes 11 62 



Commission on fruit sold in baskets 4 99 



Total expenses, 1896-1904 $ 999 75 



Total receipts per acre, 1896-1904 $1,486 91 



Total expenses per acre, 1896-1904 999 75 



Net receipts $ 487 16 



Average profit per acre per year, 1896-1904. . $ 54 13 

 Average profit per acre per year, 1899-1904. . 106 19 



*i 



•Part of this estimate of $040.15 is based on the yields from 139 trees and part from 144. 

 Five trees died previous to 1800 and were not replaced, hence it was considered fairer to esti 

 mate from those that remained. In 1902 and since, however, the yields have been estimated 

 on the area occupied by the original plantation of 144 trees, as this area now is fully occupied 

 by the trees. 



