214 Strawberry-Growing 



Canada and northern United States. 



In 1910 Robert Thompson, of Ontario, made the fol- 

 lowing estimate : 



Rent of one acre $10.00 



Taxes 3.00 



Management 50.00 



Plowing 2.00 



Harrowing 2.00 



Seven thousand plants at $3 per thousand 21.00 



Planting 5.00 



Fertilizers 17.00 



Hoeing and cultivating eight times . . 41.00 



Winter covering 25.00 



DeUvery 12.00 



Profits above allowance for management 28.00 



$216.00 

 Three hundred crates (7200 boxes) at 3 



cents on the plants $216.00 



In the Kootenay district, British Columbia, it is con- 

 sidered that the cost of planting and caring for one acre 

 until picking time is from $125 to $185. The total cost 

 of producing a twenty-four pound crate is about $1.20, 

 based on an average yield of 250 crates to the acre. 



L. J. Farmer, of Oswego County, New York, gives an 

 estimate for rather intensive culture in that section : 



Plowing and harrowing, ready to set . $10.00 



Plants 25.00 



Setting 5.00 



Hoeing six times 50.00 



Cultivating 25 times 25.00 



Mulching for winter 25.00 



Removing mulch and spring weeding . 15.00 



Total cost to picking time .... $155.00 



Picking 5000 quarts 100.00 



Total cost $255.00 



6000 quarts at 7^ net 350.00 



Net profit $95.00 



