48 CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 



on the farm ; and in making wine extra hands were always 

 employed. By planting cuttings, and preparing the giound 

 by subsoil plowing, when it can be done, the expense would 

 be lessened. The price is what the wine was sold at from 

 the press this season, and is a low estimate. 



ESTIMATE. 



2,300 Vines, at 6c., $138,00 



2,300 Poles, at 2c., 46,00 



1,000 " replaced,, 20,00 



Trenching ground and planting, 80,00 



Manuring last Fall, 30,00 



Two months' work, each year, nine years,. . . . 225,00 



Extra work in making wine, 150,00 



Interest on investments before crop, 15,00 



704,00 

 Or. by 4,300 gallons of wine, at 75c. 3,229,50 



$2,525,50 



The expense of cultivation, previous to the first crop, is not 

 accounted for, nor are press, casks, etc. ; but the actual ex- 

 pense of cultivating an acre of grapes, where persons are 

 hired to attend to other work, would amount to but very 

 little, as but a short time is required to attend to clearing the 

 vines during the season. 



September 27, 1846. WM. RESOR. 



From Mr. RESOR'S statement it appears that his father's 

 vineyard of 2,300 vines, equivalent to about an acre planted 

 3 feet by 6, cost him $284, to which add labor for two years, 

 $50, and it makes $334 ; or $34 more than the preceding 

 estimate of $300 per acre. But Mr. RESOR used two years 

 old vines, which cost about $125 more than cuttings could 

 have been bought for, which would reduce his acre, had he 

 used cuttings, to $209, when first in bearing. 



It might be fair to range the cost of vineyards, in trenched 



