LETTUCE 177 



Where a large acreage of lettuce is grown, 

 it has been found that the cost decreases, 

 and a fair figure for growing a crop of let- 

 tuce up to marketing is $80 to $85. 



The returns from a crop of lettuce vary 

 from 1,000 to 2,500 dozen heads; the price 

 received again varying from as low as 25 

 cents to 50 cents a dozen heads or even more. 

 The returns would, therefore, vary as much, 

 as low as $500 to $1,250 an acre. In some 

 cases, the returns are absolute zero, and the 

 grower is out the expense of growing the 

 crop. The net would, therefore, vary as 

 much. Several growers who have been in 

 the business for many years have positively 

 stated that their average returns from the 

 crop are about $500 an acre leaving a total 

 of about $350 an acre net per crop. Where 

 two crops are raised, the figures are about 

 doubled. 



One of the best prices for a single crop 

 that the author has observed was obtained 

 from six acres of lettuce in Albion, N. Y. 

 The lettuce was low priced when harvested. 

 The crop was placed in cold storage for three 

 weeks. It was then sold, $4,500 being re- 

 ceived for the crop or about $750 an acre. 

 It took this crop n weeks to grow and three 



