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under very good systems of management and 
on small tracts, are reported. 
In the East Mr. Kevitt reports close to 
50,000 quarts being produced per acre by 
his system on his place. Others report 
20,000 quarts, and these reports dwindle 
down to the very low figures of 3,200 quarts 
per acre, and in some cases less. 
For a normal year a crop of 300 crates or 
g,000 quarts per acre should be considered 
a good yield, and a grower who could not 
produce at least 100 crates, or 3,000 quarts 
per acre, by following the instructions given 
should go out of the business and follow some 
other line to which he is more adapted. 
PROFITS 
The figures given show that the total 
cost for an acre of strawberries under very 
good management is $443.85, with an actual 
outlay of cash by the farmer or small grower 
of perhaps $362.85. A fair yield is about 
8,000 quarts with a possibility of a good one of 
300 crates (9,600 quarts). The average prices 
in a large number of cities and towns is 12 
cents a box where sold at retail, with a whole- 
sale average of $2 a crate for good berries. 
