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land at one-quarter of that price exactly as good, and de- 

 velop it. But it is my home and I won 't sell it. 



MR. ROGERS OF CONNECTICUT. I would like to 

 ask about the difference in value of the trees from the time 

 they are set out until they are ten years old. You haven't 

 stated the value of the ten-year-old trees. There is a nat- 

 ural increase from the time they are set out, and I think you 

 haven't stated that. 



MR. BURRITT. No, sir. If I did, you would all dis- 

 agree with me, probably. Get this in mind: I was talking: 

 about the cost, but not about increase ; I was talking about 

 just the actual cost. I might say that each tree has in- 

 creased a dollar in a year, but I wouldn 't take $50 for a lot 

 cf those trees, and yet somebody else would say that during 

 ten years I have a tree worth more than $100. It is a good 

 deal a matter of opinion. As a matter of fact, our ten year 

 orchards have cost, as I recall it, about 40 cents a tree in ten 

 years, 40 to 50 cents in cost. I wouldn't sell one for that. 

 But you see you have two propositions ; one is cost and one 

 is real value; what it is worth now. I wouldn't attempt to 

 say accurately, for it varies a great deal. 



MRS. DEVINS. I would like to ask Mr. Burritt if he 

 lives on his place. 



MR. BURRITT. No, madame, I do not, unfortunately. 



MRS. DEVINS. You spoke of its being your home? 



MR. BURRITT. Well, it is my home farm. 



MRS DEVINS. I see. I was thinking about the value 

 of the home as such, the commercial value. I wondered 

 why, if you lived there, you didn 't credit yourself with that 

 much. But of course it is different if you don't live there. 



MR. BURRITT. Well, that does bring up a point that 

 T might say a word about. A farm home has this value, it 

 is a business residence for a farmer and his men. For in- 

 stance, illustrating this way, suppose you went out and 

 bought a piece of bare land anl wanted to put a man on that 

 land ; you would have to build him a house. The cost of that 

 house, merely to house the man to work the place, would be 



