78 Report of the Botanist of the 



(4) Cost of spraying two acres at Deer Park. 



(a) Cost of materials for spraying $11 75 



Copper sulphate $8 75 



Lime 2 50 



Freightage 50 



(b) Labor (same rates as at Greenlawn) 30 00 



(c) Allowance for wear of spraying outfit 2 46 



Total . $44 21 



Cost per acre 22 10 



(5) Cost 18 of growing and gathering two acres at Deer Park. 



Thirty-one tons stable manure $46 50 



Four hundred pounds fertilizer 7 00 



Rent . . i . 5 00 



Plowing three times 9 00 



Preparing and planting . .' 6 00 



Cultivating and hoeing 6 00 



Seed 2 00 



Gathering crop at $0.25 per M 37 33 



$118 83 



Credit to value of stable manure for the following crop .... 23 25 



Net cost $95 58 



Cost per acre 47 79 



(6) Profit. 



Total value of crop on two acres $166 48 



, Cost of spraying two acres $44 21 



Cost of growing and gathering two acres 95 58 



Cost of growing, gathering and spraying two acres. ...... $139 79 



Net profit on two acres $26 69 



Net profit per acre 13 35 



18 Estimated by C. W. Conklin, the owner. 



