A B C OF STRAWBERRY CULTURE. 101 



Plowing $ 1 25 



Harrowing 1 00 



60 loads of manure 30 00 



7000 plants 28 00 



Planting 5 00 



Hoeing 7 times 21 00 



Mulching 8 00 



Work second spring 5 00 



Picking 50 00 



Boxes .. 25 00 



Total |174 25 



His average crop for a term of years has been 5000 quarts 

 per acre. The cost of production, then, not including land 

 and marketing, is about 3^ cents per quart. The actual price 

 he has received on the average has been 8 cents a quart, or $400 

 an acre. This leaves him a net profit, certainly of $200 per 

 acre a fine showing. Knowing the gentleman well, I have no 

 doubt it is a fair statement of what he has done. His manure 

 cost him but 50 cents a load, delivered, from the city. It is 

 very seldom one can get it at that price. Some of Mr. Adams' 

 figures would seem very low to a beginner. For example, I 

 could not set 7000 plants for twice $5 00 ; but I am told that an 

 expert would set that many well in 3 days. I can hoe an acre 

 for $3, however, so I am up to Mr. Adams in that respect. My 

 man will hoe our half-acre in a day, nicely. By the way, I have 

 just noticed that our friend forgot to put in the cultivating ; 

 but that would not add a great deal to the cost. 



Now, friends, take just this thought with you in parting : 

 Do not be satisfied with any thing short of the very best. 



