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He adds, "This makes 200 crates of berries cost me 55.8 

 cents per crate, or $1.11 per bushel. Freight and cartage 

 cost 20 cents per crate. If the berries sell for $2.44 a 

 bushel, the commission is 24|- cents and the total cost of 

 putting a bushel of berries on the market is $1.56. This 

 gives a profit of 88 cents a bushel, or $88 an acre." 



Southern states. 



The cost of bringing an acre into bearing on new ground 

 is estimated by W. H. List, of Tennessee, as follows : 



Clearing ready for plow $10.00 



Plowing 2.50 



Harrowing and laying off 1.50 



200 pounds fertilizer 2.50 



Setting plants 1.25 



6000 plants at $1.40 8.40 



Five plowings 4.00 



Four hoeings 12.00 



Cutting off bloom .25 



Final fall cleaning up 2.00 



$45.50 



He says, " A yield of 100 crates, of 24 quarts each, is a 

 fair average." Census statistics indicate that the average 

 is about sixty crates to the acre. Tennessee and Kentucky 

 growers estimate that it costs from $1.45 to $1.65 to pro- 

 duce a twenty-four quart crate of berries. 



In the Ozark district of Missouri and Arkansas the cost 

 of bringing an acre into bearing is about $50.00, as shown 

 by the estimate of J. F. McNallie of Missouri : ^ 



Rent of one acre $ 5.00 



Plowing and preparing ground . . . . 2.50 



5000 plants 15.00 



Setting plants 5.00 



Cultivating 15 times 7.50 



Hoeing 3 or 4 times 10.00 



Mulch and spreading same 5.00 



$50.00 

 1 Bui. 3, Mo. State Bd. of Hort. (1908), p. 11. 



