EXPENSES ANI> PROFITS. 



251 



Sun(lri»\s— Thrro cultivatlnga $11.38, three Bulphurings $2.16, 

 8trinK for tnillis $8.22, new poles and wire .?2.40, new imple- 

 ments mid repairs to <jid on»;s S'5.''<». blacUsniit li's l>iil Sl.fiK, 

 rent and rates S14.r>H, i)roporl ion ot siipc^rvisioii §4. HO, hire 

 of oast S2.4i» 51.28 



Total up to liarvest time (almiit G% cts per lb.) $112Ji3 



liarvestinti and niarlcetinj; (!osts 30s per cvvt., or within a frac- 

 tion of r.i^/-. per II), including pielcint,' and curing and getting 

 to marlvct (coal, brimstone, pockets, binnuMi, tallymen, cart- 

 age to oasts and station, freij,dit, insurance, commission and 

 sampling), a total of 10G.72 



Aggregate <:ost of a yiehl of 15 cwt. per acre (or 1,680 lbs. at an 



average cost of a trifle over 13 cents per lb.) $219.25 



COST OF HOPS IN NEW YORK STATE, U. S. A. 

 Net Pkoi rrs of $150 Feu A( ke— The late William 

 Brooks of Cooperstown, New York, furnished a remarkable 

 statement to the Ncir fJuf/ldiid l/cittrstc<id ia 1885, in which 

 he placed the cost of production at 10c per lb. He always 

 gave his yard the best possible care and sold his hops at 

 the market price when baled. He bought his farm of 100 

 acres in 1863 for $3000. It had five acres in hops, to which 

 he added two more acres in 1866. From these seven acres, 

 he received $o8,180 for the 21 hop crops, 1863-'84, or an aver- 

 age of $2367 per year, equal to $339 per acre per year. But this 

 was during a period when hops averaged higher than of late 

 years. But the fact that the crop yielded an average of 1300 

 lbs. per acre all these years, or nearly double the product 

 on neighboring yards, where cost per pound was as much or 

 more, shows what can be done. His net profits must have 

 averaged for the 21 years over $150 per acre. Mr. Brooks 

 furnished details of his last 10 crops as follows: 



NEW YORK STATE— COST OF GROWING HOPS 



Otseco Cofnty. N. Y.— W. H. G.'s 10-acre hop field 

 cost $75 an acre, hills 8x8 ft, or 675 per acre; cedar poles at 

 12c, delivered, cost $810 for the yard. The kiln and store- 

 room is 50x24, and cost, including furnace, press, and other 

 fixtures, $1600. The sacks for green hops, boxes for picking, 

 etc., cost $40. The cultivators, hillors. grub hooks, bars for 

 pole-setting, etc., cost $50. Tho pickers boarded themselves 

 and at 40c per box were paid $2nn for the 515 boxes; five box- 

 tenders at $1 each for 15 days, $75; expense of collecting and 



