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PROFITS FROM STRAWBERRIES 



We will try to tell you bow we believe you can obtain the largest profits from your Straw- 

 berry planting but we will not try to make you believe that you can make $1,000.00 or $2,000.- 

 00 from an acre of berries or build a new bouse or barn from the profits from 2,000 or 3,000 

 plants. From what experience we have had this is seldom done. 



Taken year after year no one disputes the fact that Strawberries are one of the most, if 

 not the most profitable crop grown. Yet some j^ears and under some conditions they show 

 little or no profit, however, this is also true of any crop you may plant and by following good 

 cultural and marketing methods, these low profit years can be almost eliminated. The profit 

 you may normallj^ expect is high in comparison with any other crop and we believe we are con- 

 servative in placing a normal profit at $300.00 per acre. Under favorable conditions profits 

 quite often run up to $1,000.00 or even more. This is higher than the average but is a good 

 mark to try for. 



There are two points that make Strawberries an ideal cash crop. They are the first fruit 

 harvested in the summer, the returns coming in right when cash is exceptionally desirable to 

 aid in carrying out other farm projects. The amount of cash required to produce a crop of 

 berries is very small in comparison to any other fruit crop and you do not have to wait several 

 j'ears for them to begin fruiting. A neat profit can be realized from a small piece of ground 

 when planted to berries and the planting, cultivation and harvesting cost will be comparative- 

 ly small. 



If you are not growing berries, try some this year. Regardless of what type farming you 

 conduct, whether it be cattle, dairying, general farming or truck raising, we are confident you 

 will find strawberries a valuable side line. Poultrjmen, too, will find strawberries fit in nice- 

 ly with their work. 



Sometimes, though we admit not always, two acres of berries will show more profit than 

 the major farm program. The high average profit from berries, their adaptibility and the 

 ease with which they can be grown make them the one crop you should not overlook. 



Dont plant too many, just what you can handle to good advantage, a lot more work is 

 required at picking time so plant just as many as you have time for without neglecting your 

 other work. 



Once a berry grower, always a berry grower is very true. Almost everyone who has two 

 or three crops of berries seldom drop them, but have some berries every year, because they 

 find them thoir best paying crop. That is only good business because one can never make good 

 at anything if they keep on jumping in and out. 



Of course we hope we can furnish you plants and we will do all we can to aid you in mak- 

 ing Strawberries your best paying crop. The whole project will depend on the plants j^ou set, 

 so why not use RAYNERS Plants That Please, they are better and yet cost no more. 



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