The oasis., 1893-08-03
PROFIT IN ALMONDS.

has contributed the following to the
 Woodland Mali:
 This year from l90 California paper
 shell almond trees five years old
 covering two and iiye-seyenths acres.
 VI gathered 3,502 pounds of nuts. that
 '0ld in Chicago at twenty-two cents
 per pound. This iSs3l4.s2 tothe acre "a little over S4 to the eighteen
 pounds to the tree. When these same
 trees were four years old they aver
 aged about three pounds, and at eight years they will double what they bore
 "at five. They will at eight years bear fully forty pounds tothe tree without the least exertion. This at seventy
 "trees to the acre, and reckoning at
 "twenty-two cents to the pound. is
 'sl,jl0.O0 per acre. Now these are 'nothing but plain. bare, raw facts.
 Almond trees live and do we'll for fifty years, and in some places in Europe when fifteen years old bear from l5O to POO pounds per tree"
 The same results attained in the cul- ture of almonds by Mir. Treat. can be reached in Southern Arizona. Devoted to the culture of Almonds a very small acreage would yield handsome reye- nue. What better investment can be made than in a five or ten acre tract in the Arizola colony planted in this valuable tree? What has been done at Dayisylle may easily be repeated here Land that can be bought at prices at which the colony tracts are selling that possesses such a splendid product i've capacity is surely gilt edged in- yestment. At the figures quoted. in the fifth year ten acres will yield q gross revenue Of more than 5000, and deducting freight and other expenses the net return will very near equal that sum: while at eight years the net revenue from the same ten acres will be close to Sl5,0o000. What better chance Co acquire competence can q man of limited income, expect than by investing his savings on the install ment plan in q dyeor ten acre tract in i the Arizola colony, and have it planted 1 in almonds and cared for by the com pany? By the time the last payment | is made the fortunate investor will | have q home and a handsome property | which will yield comfortable living | with very little care and attention: with an assured annual increase that | in a few years will make the reyeoue almost princely
 Such investment can be made with out fear of any material change in the value of the product as the years pass. In other words there is no reason Co apprehend reduction In profits from oyerproduction. That subject was Thoroughly ventilated in a recent arti- cle in the Arizona Magazine, copied by TIE OASIS. The writer had called on 'many dealers in nuts in eastern cities, and had correspOnded with importers lin Boston, New York and Philadel- |phla invariably leyeling his inquiries upon the single question involved. He fouud all agreed that there Isa very Large and rapidly increasing demand flor almonds to satisfy which will re- ..a'lre the product of many thousand lcres, It is doubtful whether there ] s enough land that will produce the sllmond to satisfy the growing demand hnd shut of foreign importation. In Rhis light 1t is a self evident proposi- |tlon that the far-sighted planter lpf an almond orchard plants for Blasting profit and permanent prosper lty Anyone looking for propositions pf that kind win find plenty of them N