COST OF PRODUCING ASPARAGUS 



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Value of Land- 

 Raw land - ^^ ^„ 



^^„Yi 03OO«OO per acre 



Low - - - 100-00 " 



Usual - 200.00 " 



Developed land- 

 High producing - -- 400.00 " 



UsSal " 250.00 " 



Cost of the Crop- 

 Preparing land and planting- ^^ 



Preparing bed 10,00 ^^ 



Roots (3600 @ 01.50 to 05 per M) - 7.00 



Planting (dropping and covering) 5.00 



Growing the crop - 



Cultivation --- ^-^^ 



Hoeing 5-00 



Irrigation f "^ „ 



J/Iowing and burning tops -L"^ = 



2nd year 



Cultivation ^'^^ 



2.00 



Hoeing ~ „ 



Ridging and leveling o-^^ 



T^„4„,+^„v, None 



Irrigation - „ 



Mowing and burning tops ■^•='^ 



After 2nd year 



Cultivation and hoeing ^-^^ 



Ridging up and leveling after crop 



is off - - - ^'00 " 



Burning tops 2.00 



Harvesting- 



Cutting and washing l-^O per^^cwt. 



Hauling (3 miles) -05 



Crate (30#) 25 per crate 



Taxes and Insurance- 



1st year - 2.00 per acre 



2nd year '^"'^ 



After 2nd year- ^^ 



Average land * 2.50 ^^ 



Good land ^'^0 



Market Value of Yields- , ^ , 



High- 1st grade Low- lst grade Average-lst grade- 



Canneries— 3^ Canneries— 2^ * Canneries — 2-^ 



Shipments— 5^ Shipments— 3^ Shipments— 4q; 



2nd grade 2nd grade 2nd grade- 



canneries— 2 l/2fi Canneries— 10 Canneries-l4C. 



