Cost of Prodiiction, Yields, Profits 



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ESTIMATES OF COST OF PRODUCTION, YIELDS AND PRICES 

 IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS 



Census statistics show that the average yield in the 

 United States and Canada is about 1700 quarts an acre. 

 The yield to the acre for the census year of 1909, in a num- 

 ber of the more important producing states and provinces, 

 is given below : 



QUAKTS 



Arkansas 1122 Missouri 



British Columbia . . 1700 New Jersey 



California 3423 New York 



Delaware 1771 North Carolina 



Florida 1774 Ontario 



Illinois 1484 Oregon . . 



Louisiana 1794 Tennessee . 



Maryland 1652 Virginia 



Massachusetts . . . 2730 Washington 



Michigan 1766 



QUAHTB 



1676 

 2046 

 2499 

 1903 

 1700 

 1809 

 1147 

 1624 

 2340 



The high yield to the acre in California is due partly 

 to the fact that the plants bear almost continuously for 

 six to eight months; that of Massachusetts and New 

 York to the larger acreage under market-garden culture. 

 The average yield in Arkansas and Tennessee is no higher 

 now than the average yield in 1845, soon after the begin- 

 ning of the commercial culture of this fruit. 



Census statistics are misleading in that they deal in 

 averages ; reports which show what individual cultivators 

 have accomplished are of more interest to the prospective 

 grower. Few growers realize the advantage of accurate 

 cost-accounting in their business. Practically all of the 

 statements that follow are estimates, not records; but 

 they furnish a fairly reliable index to the present economic 

 status of the industry in the different districts. All are 

 on the basis of one acre. 



