picking of berries, July 25, 501 pints. Last picking of 



berries, August 5, 23 pints. 



Picked 2814 pints raspberries, at 8 cents, 



Less cost of crop, 



Profit from 71 1-2 sq. rods, 



Note. — Crop of 18S7, per acre, 3148 quarts at 16 cents, 

 Less cost per acre, 



Profit per acre, $365 43 



Bed No. 1. Crop in 188(5, per acre, 2803 qts. at 15c, $420 45 



Crop in 1887, per acre, 3148 qts. at 16c, 503 68 



Two years' products, $924 13 



Cost per acre, in 1886 (land and interest not included), $218.35 

 Add for rental, value of land, and interest on invest- 

 ment, 10.00 



Cost per acre, in 1887, 138.25 



< 366 60 



Two years' profit, per acre, $557 53 



Average yearly profit, $278 76 



On raspberry bed No. 2, crop of Cuthbert raspberries on 

 thirty-five square rods of land. Second year of picking, no 

 cultivation or dressing. 



Cost of picking 1450 pints berries, $14 50 



Cost of marketing same, 14 50 



Cost of pruning, at $2 per acre, 44 



Rental value of land, at $5 per acre ? 1 10 



Interest on investment, at $5 per acre, 1 10 



$31 64 



First picking, July 19, 125 pints. Greatest picking, 



July 27, 391 pints. Last picking, August 5, 39 pints. 



Receipts for 1450 pints berries, average 8 cents, $116 00 



Less cost of crop, 31 64 



Profit in 1887, from 35 square rods, $84 30 



Note. — Crop per acre, 3314 quarts, at 16 cents, $530 20 



Less cost of crop, per acre, 144 64 



Profit per acre, in 1887, $385 56 



