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(8) Yield and value of the crop.—The first picking was made 
August 19. The total yield’ of first class pickles from the two 
acres was 151,350, or 75,675 per acre. | 
The crop, not being grown under contract, was sold at prices 
varying from $1 to $1.50 per thousand, the total receipts being 
$166.48, or $83.24 per acre. The average yield of three typical 
unsprayed fields in the vicinity of Deer Park was 35,000 per acre. 
The increase in yield due to spraying was, therefore, 40,675 per 

acre. 
YIELD OF CUCUMBERS ON THE SPRAYED FIELD AT DEER PARK. 
(Two acres.) 
Date. seer 
August a Ma 2,150 
7, ae eae 4,950 
WAS We: 5,800 
Dad nites ak xen 5,050 
yf ie AES 7,750 
September 1...... 8,050 
aro ae 14,400 
ee at se 14,800 
St caahege 3,600 
Tie ae 5,350 
ea Be 3,600 
Seite cats 3,300 
AO iad’. 5,850 
tO arte 6,800 
| EEE SOS . 3,000 
Lae 11,100 
LGAs eanths 5,600 
11) Tse or Soe 6,600 
OE tot ate: « 5,400 
Doatebatetene 8,500 
7 iw Re 6,500 
72) ee 5,500 
October Sie tea 4,500 
1 be ee 3,000 
Rey ee 200 
POUL vicncis's tenes 151,350 First-class pickles sold for $166.48. 
Yield per acre, 75,675. 
Value of crop per acre, $83.24. 


17 In addition to the yield given, it is estimated that 25,000 nubs and yellow 
pickles were either culled out or left on the field. 
