CULTIVATION. 

 Gufrent Annual Expenses^-contixineA. 



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The sum total of the foregoing items gives the annual 

 cost of producing an acre of hops. The gross returns, from 

 which the nett profit is ascertained by deducting the outlay, 

 will either be the amount of money received for the crop 

 alone, or, where any subsidiary profits are made, the sum of 

 all the receipts from the hop garden. 



