A Qriiiiltural Cuba '■'-■^ 



Returns from first cutting 4 years from planting 75,000 

 plants at 70 pencas (leaves to the plant*, 5,250,000 

 pencas. 



5,250,000 leaves will yield 70 lbs. of fiber to the 1 ,000 



leaves or pencas or 367,500 lbs. at 7c per lb $25,725.00 



Cost of production 8,000 . 00 



Net profit jier 100 acres $17,725 .00 



Net profit per acre 177.25 



ANNUAL EXPENSE AFTER THE FIRST CUTTING 



Cost of cutting 3,000,000 pencas (40 pencas to the plant) 



at 50c per 1,000 % 1,500.00 



Cost of carting same to the mill at 20c per 1,000 600.00 



Cost of decortication at I2>^c per 1,000 .375-00 



Cost of baling at 30c per bale i 57 -oo 



$ 2,632.00 



RETURNS FROM EACH SUCCESSIVE CUTTING AFTER 



THE FIRST 



75,000 plants, 40 leaves to the plant — 3,000,000. 



70 lbs. of fiber to every 1,000 leaves, 210,000 lbs. of fiber 



at 7c per lb $14,700.00 



Cost of production 2,632.00 



Net profit per 100 acres $12,068.00 



. Net profit per acre 1 20 . 68 



