1914.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 31. 29 a 



Experimental Account. 



Experimental : — 



Labor, $422 42 



Supplies and apparatus, 279 23 



Spraying materials, 10 10 



Fertilizers, 9 37 



$721 12 



Stationery and postage, • • 43 95 



Traveling, ......•••• 35 22 



Contingent : — 



Freight, $8 02 



Express, 7 15 



Surveying, 5 00 



Carting, 14 40 



Telephone, 27 11 



Painting, 9 50 



Lumber, 18 75 



Incidentals, 1 92 



Carpentering 4 12 



95 97 



Furnishings, 1 25 



Total, $897 51 



The total sales for the year were as follows : — 



Fruit, $6,667 22 



Vines, 19 65 



$6,686 87 



The total receipts for products sold amounted to $6,686.87. 

 The total ordinary bog expenses were $2,238.02. Eeceipts for 

 products sold, therefore, exceeded ordinary expenses to the 

 amount of $4,448.85. It will be seen that the bog during the 

 year has furnished a large surplus, available to help cover the 

 costs of experimental work. The total experimental expenses 

 shown in the above table amount to a little less than $900, but 

 this, it should be pointed out, does not include the salary of 

 the superintendent. Even with this included the bog during 

 the past year is somewhat more than self-supporting, but at- 



