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some distance after them, making the average cost of pick- 

 ing about 45c per box, and as hops usually cure about 15 

 Ibs. to the box, this would make the cost of picking 3c per 

 Ib. Drying can be hired done at %c, the grower finding 

 brimstone and fuel, and this is as cheap as he can do it him- 

 self if due allowance is made for capital, depreciation and 

 insurance of kiln. My figures make the crop of 700 Ibs. per 

 acre (which is about the average) cost IS^c per Ib., as 

 follows: 



Hop poles $12.39, renewing roots $2.33 $14.72 



Manure, and its application 10.00 



Clearing up in f II, stacking poles, etc 2.50 



Setting poles $1.50, grubbing $1 2.50 



Plowing four furrows per row each way from hill 2.50 



Cultivating twice in row both ways 1.00 



Tying twice $2, twine $4, putting on $1 7.00 



Training and hoeing 4.00 



Winding on twine, tying with ladder 2.00 



Plowing to hill $2.50, hilling $1.50, cultivating $1 5.00 



Picking 3c per Ib. cured hops, box tending and yard boss Ic, cus- 

 tom, drying %c, brimstone, fuel, balii.g, marketing %c, to- 

 tal per 700 Ibs 26.75 



Baling cloth $1.40, insuring crop 42c 1.82 



Rent of land at least 3.00 



Total for 700 Ibs. hops, one acre $82.79 



ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, N. Y. (S. Hemingway) Small 

 items might be added to make the total below an even 

 $110 per acre, or 20c per Ib. for 500 Ibs. per acre, about lie 

 for 1000 Ibs., or (allowing for heavier manuring and in- 

 creased cost of harvesting and curing) about 7c per 2000 Ibs. 

 per acre. The kiln, 20x30 ft, cost about $300, on which inter- 

 est, $18, depreciation, $20, and insurance, $10, cost $48 

 per year, one-fifth of which is charged against one acre. I 

 use two poles to each of 680 hills per acre, or 1360 poles per 

 acre, costing $68, and allow 10 per cent, for depreciation. 



One-fourth day uncovering hills 35c, two days setting poles $2.50, 



one day plowing $2.00 ." $4.85 



One day hoeing $1.25, one day tying $1.25, one day trimming $1.25 3.75 



680 Ibs. fertilizer 10.40 



Thre,e days' plowing, 2d, 3d and 4th times 6.00 



Three days' hoeing $3.75, two days resetting poles $2.50 6.25 



One-half day's attention weekly for 16 weeks 10.00 



Picking 1,000 Ibs. at 3c 30.00 



Two nights' drying at $2 4.00 



One-half day's baling, two men 2.50 



Two days' stacking poles $2.50, one day's cutting and burning 



vines $1.25, one day's covering hills $1.25 5.00 



Total operating expenses $82.75 



Fixed charges : Interest at 6 per cent.on land worth $50 an acre 



$3, depreciation on poles $10.88, use of kiln $9.60 23.48 



Aggregate expenses per acre $106^23 



FROM NORTHERN OHIO 



Statement of Banner and Hatch of Richland County, Ohio. 



The plant buildings, tools, boxes, press, etc., for five 



acres cost $245, interest on which is $14.70. As it lasts 20 



