Fruit Farming for Profit in California, 2i 



Milk and bntter . . 300 



Hogs .... 250 



4 calves increase . . 50 

 Eent of 1^ story dwelling 



honse by Mr. Keating 300 



81L700 

 Less depreciation on dead 

 capital, §7000 10 per 

 cent. . . .700 



811,000 



Basis of Estoiates fob 1894. 

 No. of trees. 



10,000 prune trees at 81 



per tree . . . 10,000 

 500 apricot trees, at 83 



per tree . . . 1500 

 5 pear trees, at 81 per 



-•ee .... 500 

 larmed by selves . 5500 850 acres = 1 ton per 



acre ; grain at 820 

 per ton shows §7000 

 gross for grain. 

 Seeding costs §1 an 

 acre, balance labour 

 less tban 50 e. an 

 acre. 



Mr. Keating, an 

 elderly gentleman, 

 desires to rent this 

 house for a term of 

 years, with the con- 

 sent of shareholders, 

 at this fi^-ure. 



