- 285 - 



s. d. 



Forking out weeds 050 



Manuring, ploughing and subsoiling 7 15 o 



Heading canes and planting in plough furrow, 4ft. 6in. 



row, 2ft. apart 100 



10 ooo raspberry plants at from 3 lo, say ...500 

 Horse and hand hoeing, summer and autumn ...250 

 Cutting out old canes, filling up blanks, digging or 

 ploughing the following autumn and winter, tipping 



young canes in March 150 



Rent, rates, and taxes 200 



Total . . . 19 10 o (i) 



As the canes before planting are cut down hard, so as to form 

 strong plants, there is hardly any fruit the first summer, and the 

 second summer the crop is light. 



The land is kept clean by horse-hoeing the centres, followed by 

 handhoeing against the plants. The cost during the first year is often 

 reduced by growing a crop such as early potatoesbetween the rows. 



The annual cost per acre of cultivating raspberries may be esti- 

 mated as follows: 



s. d. 

 (November) Cutting out old and thinning new canes 050 



Tying up the canes cut out o 2 o 



Taking up spawn oio o 



Hoeing out o 6 o 



Manuring (with say i ton of wool waste) .... 3 5 6 

 Ploughing between rows, 7$. ; digging between canes, 



75. (or digging the whote space between the rows 



by spade, i is. od.) 014 o 



(March) Heading canes off at about 2ft. Sin. high .026 



(April) Forking out couch-grass o 2 o 



(April-October) Horse hoeing five times o 15 o 



Hand hoeing, five times r TO o 



(July and August) Picking, say, i J / 4 tons, at l / 2 d. 



per Ib 5 16 8 



Carriage to market in gallon baskets and tubs i l / 4 tons, 



at, say, 165-. per ton i o o 



Market toll and salesman's charges at 7 r / 2 P er cent, 



on 28 155. od. 2 3 2 



Rent, tithe, rates, and taxes 210 o 



Total cost. 19 i 4 



Receipt i l / 4 tons at 23 28 15 o 



Balance to cover superintendence, interest on capital 

 for two years during which there is little return and 

 profit 9 13 S 



(i) In the original the author puts it down at 20 in round numbers. Ed. 



