134 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 
4. Cheap land. 
5. Manure or fertilizer, home-made or at 
a low cost. 
6. Favourable seasons for large yields 
7. The man. He must have business 
ability and gumption, coupled with common 
sense. 
To take this matter up a little more 
systematically let us first consider the costs. 
Letters received from the North, South, 
West, and East show that the average amount 
of money put into an acre of strawberries 
is about $100, some returns showing as low 
as $45 and as high as $150 per acre. The 
majority of these estimates, however, do not 
include rental or interest on cost of the land. 
One of the best worked-out - estimates 
for one acre, valued at $200, is the follow- 
ing: 
Interest and taxes. . . 2. 2. 1 1 ee ew ew ee BS 
Ploughing, harrowing, etc. . . ee 40 e ¥ 
Value of 12,000 pedigreed plants at i per M ie iG Sa 72 
Manure, fifty loads at $1 per load 2. 1. ww wee 50 
Marking ground and setting plants . . .... . 8 
Summer cultivation . . Oe, ae BR ee Io 
Training runners around the shkats tee Gee. Sere Re 2a Ge 5 
Winter covering and cost of putting iton . . . . . 1s 
Taking off winter covering . . . . - «© © «© © « 5 
Total: @ 0-4 eo a a ew we ee BE 
