ii4 



Cost of barrels, 8 75 



Cartage and commission, 14 52 



Weeding vines and clearing ditches, 6 50 



#61 98 



Profit, $56 14 



This autumn (1887) we gathered 21 barrels, sold 

 at $7.75 per barrel in Oct., $1G2 75 



Cost of harvesting and marketing, 857 75 



Cost of weeding and graveling. 12 50 



$70 25 



Profit, $92 50 



. Respectfully yours, 



J. P. BUTTERFIELD. 



Note.— Cranberry crop of JS86, per acre, 93 1-3 bbls. at $675 $629 94 



Cost of crop per acre, 330 56 



Profit per acre, exclusive of land rent and interest 



on investment, $299 38 



Cranberry crop of 18S7, per acre, 112 bbls., at $7.75, $868 00 



Cost of crop per acre, 374 66 



Profit per acre, exclusive of land rent and interest, $493 34 

 An average of $396.36 yearly profit. 



REPORT OP COMMITTEE ON STRAWBERRIES 

 AND OTHER SMALL FRUITS. 



Your Committee on Strawberries and Other Small Fruits 

 submit the following : 



There were but two entries, one of strawberries and one 

 of raspberries, both entered by George J. Peircc, of West 

 Jvewbury. The committee visited Mr. Pierce's early in 

 July, and found his strawberries in full bearing, and loaded 

 with lucious fruit. The bed No. 1 was perfectly free from 

 weeds, the vines completely covering the ground, still the 

 nerrics were of go<;d size. There were, I think, four varie- 

 ties,— Wilson, Crescent, Charles Downing, and Manchester. 



