Part II.] MARKET GARDENING. 77 



A Member. What do you spray with? 



Mr. Garrahan. Bordeaux mixture. 



A Member. What proportion? 



]\Ir. Garrahan. The standard formula. Four pounds of 

 Hme and 6 of copper sulphate. 



A Member. Do you keep this up through the whole season? 



Mr. Garrahan. Yes, sir. 



A Member. What is the date of your last spraying — after 

 what time would you consider it unprofitable to spray, or un- 

 necessary? 



Mr. Garrahan. Well, I have seen celery blight pretty late 

 in the fall — real late, and I think as a preventative measure I 

 would spray as long as there is any danger of blighting. We 

 usually stop the latter part of November. 



The CH.A.IRMAN. Do you keep plenty of figures on the cost of 

 producing an acre of celery, so that you know the margin of 

 profit in $1.20 a dozen? 



Mr. Garrahan. Yes, I did have it figured out. 



The Chairman. Are you willing to give them to us? 



Mr. Garrahan. Well, I don't know offhand whether I could 

 give the exact amount — I would hate to do it. I meant to 

 bring it along with me this morning, but forgot it. We have a 

 little method of keeping account of the cost. Of course, it's 

 pretty hard work in a market garden, where you have a half 

 dozen different varieties, and where you go from one job to 

 another, to keep the exact cost of every crop, but we try to. 

 For instance, when we are preparing the ground for celery, 

 cabbage, or whatever it is, we will put down how much it cost 

 to prepare that ground. , But as far as early celery is con- 

 cerned if I remember right, I think our figures run up to $385, 

 counting the manure, fertilizer, the cost of hauling manure, ap- 

 plying manure, applying fertilizer, the use of the boards in 

 blanching, the spraying and the irrigation. 



A Member. What do you consider the gross receipts from 

 celery? 



jNIr. Garrahan. Well, we figured on at least 600 bunches to 

 the acre — we sometimes get more than that, and the price will 

 vary — with the early celery anywhere from $1.80 up, very sel- 



