119 REASONABLE 



PROSPECTS 



was the average wealth of a class of twenty which 

 had altogether twenty dollars, and was told one 

 dollar. But when he asked if they were not pros- 

 perous, the boy at the foot said: " That depends 

 on who has the twenty dollars." Yet good aver- 

 ages imply some wonderful yields. 



In the "Horticulturist's Rule Book" Prof. 

 L. H. Bailey gives the following table of average 

 yields per acre in vegetables and fruits : 



Beans (green or string) 200 to 300 bushels 



Beans (lima) 75 to 100 bushels 



Beets 400 to 700 bushels 



Carrots 400 to 700 bushels 



Cranberries 100 to 300 bushels 



Cucumbers 150,000 fruits 



Currants 100 bushels 



Kohlrabi 500 to 1000 bushels 



Onions (from seed) 300 to 800 bushels 



Parsnips 500 to 800 bushels 



Peas (in pod) 100 to 150 bushels 



Potatoes 100 to 300 bushels 



Salsify 200 to 300 bushels 



Spinach 200 barrels 



Tomatoes 8 to 16 tons 



Turnips 600 to 1000 bushels 



Apples (trees 25 to 30 yrs. old) alternate years) . .25 to 40 bushels 



Peaches (in full bearing) 5 to 40 bushels 



Plums 5 to 8 bushels 



Pears (20 to 25 yrs. old) 25 to 45 bushels 



Blackberries 1600 to 3200 quarts 



Raspberries 1600 to 3200 quarts 



Strawberries 2400 to 9600 quarts 



