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helpful move. An additional difficulty in introducing the American- 
grown pepper was found in the uncertainty as to the future of the 
industry. Dealers felt disinclined to give up old commercial relations 
for new ones which might not yield the desired quantities year after 
year. This difficulty was met only by continuing to offer the peppers 
in increasing quantity until at the present time the home-grown prod- 
uct is finding an increasingly ready sale in the chief American 
markets. 
The prices obtained for South Carolina paprika pods showed 
relatively little variation during the period covered by the experi- 
ment, but a slight tendency toward improvement was noted, due in 
part, perhaps, to the better quality of goods produced as the experi- 
ment progressed and in part to the general market conditions in the 
paprika trade. 
Table IV gives a summarized statement of the chief financial fea- 
tures developed by the experiment. 
Table IV. — Financial summary of the experiment in growing paprika. 
Year. 
Average 
yield 
per acre. 
Average 
price 
per pound. 
Average 
gross in- 
come 
per acre. 
Average 
cost 
per acre. 
Average 
profit 
per acre. 
1905 
Pounds. 
1,067 
823 
1,353 
1,127 
Cents. 
9.3 
8.2 
9.3 
10.4 
S98. 78 
67.84 
125.13 
117.45 
1906 
1907 
1908 
$29. 30 
$87. 92 
1,092 
9.3 
102. 23 
31.97 
70.26 
A review of the items of income and expense, in large part not 
given here, shows that for the period covered the paprika experiment 
gave a profit each year, but varied widely according to the weather 
and other conditions which might affect the success of the operation. 
Under the most unfavorable conditions experienced, the profits com- 
pared well with the standard crops of the vicinity, being about $35 
per acre. Under more favorable conditions the outcome was more 
satisfactory, the balance remaining after the expenses of growing the 
crop were met rising as high as $93 per acre. 
It must be borne in mind that various items properly chargeable 
against the income were not so charged. Among items excluded are 
the interest on the investment, the deterioration of machinery, and 
the salary of the Government expert who supervised the work. 
Throughout the experiment itemized expense accounts were kept, 
but since it is believed that the distribution of the expenses in 1908, 
when the largest area was handled, is fairly representative of what 
the paprika grower is likely to experience, data were compiled from 
the results of that year and grouped according to the type of process 
