Cost of Production, Yields, Profits 



219 



Cost of Marketing Berries 



Number of acres reported .... 20 



Cost of picking per crate 



Cost of crates each 



Cost of shed hands, row boss; hauling, 



per crate 



Cost of shed, trays, etc., per crate 

 Commission or other association charges 



deducted from price received per crate 

 Total 



$.48 

 .15 



.11 



.03 



.15 



$1232.80 



Returns Second Year 



Number of acres reported .... 20 

 Total value of berries sold, 1340 crates 



at $1.88 $2519.20 



Total income per acre 125.96 



Total picking and marketing cost per 



acre 



Total cultural cost per acre .... 



Net profit per acre $54.84 



$61.64 



9.48 



$71.12 



Florida and the Gulf states. 



A few Florida strawberry-growers made large profits 

 between 1880 and 1892. A net profit of $3000 an acre 

 was reported from Bradford County in 1885.^ At that 

 time the first shipments frequently brought fabulous 

 prices, as has been described by Stephen Powers.^ "To 

 take an acre of raw pine woods, clear, stump, break, ditch 

 and plant it, will cost $125 to $140. The mulching and 

 cultivation will bring expenses up to $175 to $200 per acre 

 before a berry is picked. In addition, the best growers 

 apply If or 2 tons of commercial fertilizer per acre, 



' "Manual on Strawberry Fruit Culture," by O. W. Blacknall (1900), 

 p. 90. 



2 Amer. Gard., XI (1890), p. 328. 



