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Returns from first cutting 4 years from planting 75,000 

 plants at 70 pencas (leaves to the plant), 5,250,000 

 pencas. 



5,250,000 leaves will yield 70 lbs. of fiber to the 1,000 



leaves or pencas or 367,500 lbs. at 7c per lb $25,725.00 



Cost of production 8,000.00 



Net profit per 100 acres $17,725 .00 



Net profit per acre 1 77 • 25 



ANNUAL EXPENSE AFTER THE FIRST CUTTING 



Cost of cutting 3,000,000 pencas (40 pencas to the plant) 



at 50c per i ,000 $ i ,500 . 00 



Cost of carting same to the mill at 20c per 1,000 600.00 



Cost of decortication at I2>^c per 1,000 375 .00 



Cost of baling at 30c per bale 1 57 . 00 



$ 2,632.00 



RETURNS FROM EACH SUCCESSIVE CUTTING AFTER 

 THE FIRST 



75,000 plants, 40 leaves to the plant — 3,000,000. 



70 lbs. of fiber to every 1,000 leaves, 210,000 lbs. of fiber 



at 7c per lb $14,700.00 



Cost of production 2,632 .00 



Net profit per 100 acres $12,068.00 



Net profit per acre ; 120 . 68 



