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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



it of $26.00 per acre. This does not include the interest and 

 taxes, we not knowing- the amount of the same, but making a 

 liberal allowance for these, there would then be a net profit of 

 $25.00 per acre. 



If this orchard had received proper care, the profit could no 

 doubt have been very materially increased. The orchard has 

 practically taken care of itself. It has grown up to grass and 

 in some places to underbrush. What is the most profitable fea- 

 ture on the farm per acre receives the greatest neglect. The 

 land on which this orchard is located is not worth $5.00 an acre, 

 and yet it would pay an income of more than 20 per cent even if 

 the land were valued at $100.00 per acre. 



I noticed in a recent paper that Mr. Wedge, our president. 



Sketch of an orchard containing nearly two thousand trees upon the grounds of the Jewell 



Nursery Co. 



marketed apples from his orchard, and they netted him a profit 

 of more than $33.00 per acre the last year. The trees in this or- 

 chard were planted a much greater distance apart than is really 

 necessary, on account of using the ground for other crops. If 



