The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-12-27

nrst nVe years IN corn or potatoes OF
hay, which crops will defray the inter.
est on the capital invested.
The bearing period of an orchard
may be stated in round Numbers al
twenty years; during that period each
tree will yield on an average y barrels
per year,or 900 bushels for the ten acre
orchard per year, which at 81 90 per
barrel would bring $500 per year. Il
barrels per tree Is a low estimate, 80
also Is 81 per barrel. The present year,
for instance, which was a rather poor
Que. especially in quality, showed tor
various parts of the county the follow.
ing crops:
Near Lexington one orchard of 80
acres Melted a profit of SIS. ZOO the
apples being sold on the trees to one
buyer, he picking and packing them.
Another orchard of 100 acres cleared
90, 25O.
Another orchard of 7 acres yielded
$500 bushels, valued at $3.50, or a It'll,
oyer 300 to the acre.
The crop of an orchard near Napo-
.eon of seven acres was sold on the
trees to a Lexington commission mer-
chant for 800.
The showing made by small fruits in
Lafayette county Is encouraging as may
oe seen from the following estimate
presented by the labor commissioner:
Rert OF one acre Of land ............. SO on
Cost Of fence distributed through 20
| years: per year. .'..... ........... 2 90
Plants, 5000 pieces at % per thousand
and planting at 90 80 per acre, plow-
ing % 80 per acre, distributed through
ten years, per year. 3 90
wedding and cleaning for one year....2O 0U
Total .s8l 90
An average crop of strawberries ia
700 gallons per acre, worth 80 cts. pei
gallon, cost OF picking 81 Cts, net 23a
cts. per gallon, making an apnual yield
for one acre OF $164 80. Deduct the $3l
as above, which leayes 1888 so, as
remuneration for labor and profit on
investment.
An orchard OF blackterries and rasp-
berries will last II years. The frs,
year after planting is an entire loss.
The second year will yield one fourth
OF a CROP Here is an estimate of the
cost aid profit of an acre OF rasp-
| berries:
1 ekf w
Kent Of one acre for II yeArs........ 70 o.
h CuitiVatinR ...... . ............ 81
I l,6U0 plants AZ el2 per thousand. 20 40
Setting out per acre.. ......... 2 5U
fgjnmlng every spring. "a per year
'Vi IL "A w
Total cost for II YEARS.. ..... s106 40
An average crop OF raspberries Is sou
gallons per acre. Ten full crops and N
fourth OF q crop within the ~
brings the total number of gallons up
10 6,125. The average value per gallon
is 80 cents. less 8 cents for picking,
makes "a cents, which shows for the
5.126 gallons $3.50. or a net profit for
the IL years OF $1O64. go cents, or Sss. 10
tor u year. Similar estimates are
given for other small fruits with like
satisfactory results.
An interesting comparison is made
between fruits and cereals. On the
subject Of the average yield OF cereals
In Lafayette county Mr.. Meriwether
reports the result of his investigation
as follows:
Wheat 20 bushels to the acre, corn
so bushels per acre, oats So to 40
bushels per acre, hay 2 tons per acre,
potatoes 12o bushels per acre.
With these average amounts per
acre the total output for Lafayette
county for an ordinary year would be:
Wheat 1000 900 bushels,
Corn I00. 900
Osls. 1OOO0O
POTATOES. ................. 6OO,OO0 "
Hay 5000 tons.
The report states that the eleven
mills in this county have q capacity of
$50 barrels every "a hours, their pro.
duction per year is 1862 1904 barrels
from 763,020 bushels of wheat. The
railroad freight agents from seventeen
stations report their shipments from
the first of July to the 18th of Deem
Der, 1890, as 736, 1922; to this mnst be
added 1926 900 bushels OF seed wheat
and 1862 .444 still In the hands of the
farmers, showing the grand total out.
put of wheat In Lafayette county during
the past season to be 1855 S6 bushels,
or nearly a quarter Of a million bushels
less than a full crop. Good wheat land
is stated by the commissioner as costing
from s45 to $50 per acre, the latter
price being paid only for land that will
yield at least rs bushels per acre The
following estimate 10 made as to the
cost of producing wheat on one acre:
Rent Of one acre Of land ......,........S 70 90
Flowing and sowing. ............y.. 20
0 peeks OF seed wheat ........... -. 90
Threshing and delivering ...... ....... 2 90
Total ................ ...........S $40 20
A crop of 20 bushel at 80 cents per
busbel would give q net Jroft of $6 SO