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STATEMENT OF GEORGE G. PEIRCE, BREAK HILL FARM, 

 WEST NEWBURY. 



Crop of Wilson and Crescent strawberries on 1 acre, 

 148 1-2 sq. rods. 



Soil, gravelly loam, good corn land, sloping slightly to 

 the south. Plants set in spring of 1885, about the same 

 quantity of each variety. 

 Cost of preparing and manuring ground, $40 per 



acre, $77.00 



9000 plants to acre, about 17,440 plants, at $3 



per thousand, 52.32 



Planting, $6 per acre, 11.60 



Hoeing, $6 per acre, 11.60 



Mulching in the fall of 1885, $10 per acre, 19.40 



Picking and marketing 12,304 quarts, at 3 cents, 369.12 



Total cost, $541.04 



First picking of berries June 12, 67 quarts ; last pick- 

 ing July 13th, 129 quarts. 

 Total picking, 12,304 quarts, at average selling 



price of 12 1-2 cents, $1538.00 



Less cost of crop, 541.04 



Profit, $996.96 



Rent of land and interest on investment not reckoned. 



Note. — Crop per acre, 6381 quarts, $797.62 



Cost of strawberry crop, per acre, 280.43 



Profit per acre, exclusive of land reut and interest, $517.19 



STATEMENT OF GEORGE G. PEIRCE, "BREAK HILL FARM," 

 WEST NEWBURY. 



Crop of Cuthbert raspberries on 71 1-2 sq. rods. 



