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COST OF PROUJCPIG HOPS 



Value of Land- 



RsNi land- 



High OlOOO.OO per acre 



Lo^' - --- 300.00 



Usual -- - 400.00 



Developed land- 

 Best 1000.00 



Good — - 600.00 



Usual - 400.00 



Cost of Establishing Yard (1st year) 



Preparing land for planting 6.00 



Roots (^3 - 5 per thousand) 10.00 



Planting and training 1st year 18.00 



l^ine - - 7.50 



Cultivation - 3.00 



Poles, wires and installing trellis- 

 High pole 75.00 



Low " — -• — — 25,00 



Annual Cost of Established Yard (one year from 



planting- 

 Stringing, pruning, suckering, hoeing 



((,14 - 20), training and pegging 18.00 



String- 

 High pole - 7.50 



Low " - - - 3.00 



Spraying 3.00 " 



Plo-.ving and cultivating 10.00 



Cost of Harvesting- 

 Picking - 



Green - - - .01 per lb 



On dry basis — ,03 l/4 per lb. 



Drying ( 3/4 to la per lb) .00 3/4 per lb 



on dry basis 



Baling ( l/4 - l/2ci per lb) - .00 l/4 per lb. 



Hauling (5 miles) 1.00 per ton 



Market Value of Yield- 

 High .45 per lb. 



Low .02 " 



Average — .14 " 



NOTE : Prices fluctuate greatly from year to year 



Taxes and Insurance- 



1st year 4,00 per acre 



After 1st year- 

 Average land 4.00 " 



Good land 5.00 



