Cost of Production, Yields, Profits 



219 



Cost of Marketing Berries 



Returns Second Year 



Number of acres reported .... 20 

 Total value of berries sold, 1340 crates 



at S1.88 $2519.20 



Total income per acre 125.96 



Total picking and marketing cost per 



acre 



Total cultural cost per acre .... 



Net profit per acre $54.84 



$61.64 



9.48 



$71.12 



Florida and the Gulf states. 



A few Florida strawberry-growers made large profits 

 between 1880 and 1892. A net profit of $3000 an acre 

 was reported from Bradford County in 1885.^ At that 

 time the first shipments frequently brought fabulous 

 prices, as has been described by Stephen Powers.^ "To 

 take an acre of raw pine woods, clear, stump, break, ditch 

 and plant it, will cost $125 to $140. The mulching and 

 cultivation will bring expenses up to $175 to $200 per acre 

 before a berry is picked. In addition, the best growers 

 apply If or 2 tons of commercial fertilizer per acre, 



> "Manual on Strawberry Fniit Culture," by O. W. Blacknall (1900), 

 p. 90. 



2 Amer. Gard., XI (1890), p. 328. 



