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deal with the ultinuite consumer and it is the tastes of the ultimate consumer 

 which, in the final analysis, have to be catered to. 



Costs and Returns. 



Following are the figures of two leading fruit growers, and although any- 

 such figures can be merely approximate and not actual results, yet they are valu- 

 able as showing reasonably accurately the cost of the various cultural operations, 

 and the probable returns under proper management. 



Mr. Robt. Thompson. St. Catharines, was kind enough to furnish the writer 

 with the following estimates : — 



One acre One acre 



Red Currants Gooseberries 



Rent of land per year (one acre) $10 00 $10 00 



Taxes 2 50 2 50 



Preparation of land 4 00 5 00 



Cultivating during season 3 40 3 40 



Spraying materials 14 00 14 00 



Pruning 4 00 8 00 



Fertilizers ; 18 00 18 00 



Picking and packing 70 00 60 00 



Crates and marketing 50 00 25 00 



Cost of management 15 00 15 00 



Depreciation and anrual share of cost of plants 



and planting 22 00 30 00 



$212 90 $190 90 

 Selling 200 24-box crates red currants at $1.60.. 320 00 



Selling 300 11-qt. baskets gooseberries at $1.00 300 00 



Net profit $107 10 $109 10 



Mr. Thompson further estimates that the cost of plants and planting for one 

 acre of currants (1.400 plants to the acre) is $76, and gooseberries (1,320 plants 

 to the acre) $208. The last items of expenditure given, $22 and $30, in the 

 tabulated estimates are reckoned as a fair proportion for each year to bear of de- 

 preciation and the initial cost of plants and planting as noted above. The yields 

 given are those to be expected from patches four to eight years' planted in the case 

 of currants and five to ten years with gooseberries. 



The figures given below were supplied through the courtesy of Mr. L. B. 



Henry, Winona: 



One acre One acre 



Black Currants Gooseberries 



Rent of land per year (one acre) $15 00 $15 00 



Taxes 2 00 2 00 



Preparation of land 5 00 ' 5 00 



Cultivating during season 5 00 5 00 



Spraving and materials 5 00 10 00 



Pruning 10 00 10 00 



Fertilizers 15 00 15 00 



Picking and packing 70 00 60 00 



Baskets and marketing 19 00 28 00 



Cost of management 25 00 25 00 



Depreciation and annual share of cost of plants 



and planting 20 00 30 00 



$191 00 $205 00 



Selling 200 baskets black currants at $1.75 350 00 



Selling 350 baskets of gooseberries at 90c 315 00 



Net profit $159 00 $110 00 



