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under very good systems of management and 

 on small tracts, are reported. 



In the East Mr. Kevitt reports close to 

 50,000 quarts being produced per acre by 

 his system on his place. Others report 

 20,000 quarts, and these reports dwindle 

 down to the very low figures of 3,200 quarts 

 per acre, and in some cases less. 



For a normal year a crop of 300 crates or 

 9,000 quarts per acre should be considered 

 a good yield, and a grower who could not 

 produce at least 100 crates, or 3,000 quarts 

 per acre, by following the instructions given 

 should go out of the business and follow some 

 other line to which he is more adapted. 



PROFITS 



The figures given show that the total 

 cost for an acre of strawberries under very 

 good management is ^443.85, with an actual 

 outlay of cash by the farmer or small grower 

 of perhaps ^362.85. A fair yield is about 

 8,000 quarts with a possibility of a good one of 

 300 crates (9,600 quarts). The average prices 

 in a large number of cities and towns is 12 

 cents a box where sold at retail, with a whole- 

 sale average of $2 a crate for good berries. 



