Cost of Bringing into Bearing i 19 



s. d. 



Net profit per acre at 5/- net per case . . 1700 

 Net profit per acre at 4/6 net per case . . 12 

 Net profit per acre at 4/- net per acre . . 700 

 Net profit per acre at 3/6 net per case . . 200 



According to the above figures, oranges will pay 

 to grow if 200 cases of saleable fruit averaging 4s. 

 per case net or over to the grower are harvested 

 per acre. At less than this price, however, oranges 

 cease to be profitable ; and if only 3s. 6d. per case net 

 is realized, showing a profit of 2 per acre per year 

 on a capital outlay of 84, then less than 2-J per 

 cent, interest per annum is secured, which is not a 

 paying proposition. 



