The Delta independent., 1909-04-16

Crates and labor ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s7o.5O
Net receipts s7O5o
In addition to the abcv Mr.. Webb has been max
ing speciality of the sale of plants from his berry
patch with the following result: Total receipts
s25Ts5 Cost of preparing and Grating about $l2ss7
making net prolt of sl2s-ss. Adding this to the
net average of s3ee5o from one and one-half acres
OF land.
When land Will produce the above results year af-
ter year what is its actual cash value?
Cedaredge. Colo, June 9Th 1905
from Iowa to Cedaredge two years ago and
wish to state that have from one of my six-year-
old orchards sold Eberta peaches at the rate of SIS
per tree. raised five kinds of grapes some of the
lunches weighing sh pounds. measuring is in. in
length. From cut tons per acre of alfalfa
have raised cabbage that weighed is pounds per
head and all vegetables do exceptionally fine here
tSigned) T. w. oDEM
From Lower Surface Greek.
l made n good living on the crops raised between
the tree rows until they are four years DID, after
which time l did not plant any crop in the orchard
AS to age of trees when they came into bearing
will say that good thrifty 4-year-old peach tree
should produce three boxes to the tree at years
boxes, and years. 10 boxes. One 1s-year-old Ell
beta tree in orchard produced 81 boxes of fancy
peaches, which brought 1865.
Apple trees should produce u boxes when years
old, on average: 2ia at years boxes at years
and boxes the sth year.
My peach trees Elbertas) averaged 10 boxes to the
tree the 9th year They netted me "a cents per box
From 200 7-year-od trees sold $3.50 worth OF
fruit in 1906. I only received $4,000 for the fruit
from the same trees last owing to partial fail
ure account of freeze
sold the crop of grapes from acre 4-year-old
vines for s240 last year. and from present ndica-
tons, think the crop will be nearly double that this
year G90S)
You readily see that land that will produce
crops like this is well worth from to two thou.
send dollars per acre.
We have been quite fortunate in our section. never
having had complete failure, and only two partial
failures in twenty years. L. f. HUBBARD
Cory. Colorado
Paonia Colo, May 1S 1908
do solemnly swear that the following is correct
Statement:
From my 20 acres of apples and 4 of peaches
during the three years when they were p 10 and II
years old. | received from the North Fork F. G
Association s25,S524S average of sS5200 per
per year.
have 90 acres of apples but about Z acres were
poor varieties. and have been grated and
not producing This was net to me after deducting
commission, packing and shipping expenses.
In 1907, the poorest year record for this valley
received net for my apples ss.Soioo.
have in sight today ciYp u 1000 boxes OF
apples, and ,00G boxes OF peaches
'5t-i-e~I y. = RoBERrS
State of Colorado
County of Delta,
Subscribed ana sworn to before me this 18th day
of May. A. ID. 1908. RANDOLPH WILLIAMSON.
(SEAL.) Notary Public.
My commission expires January 16, 1909.
Eckert Colorado Delta County. June %. 1905
came to Delta county nine years ago and bought
20 of land and set 1t in apples and peaches
per cent. investment of 81 900 and gave
me $1,000 fer my years work and above all
expenses. l consider this ideal fruit country.
My land cannot be bought for less than $1,000
acre. unimproved land can be bought in my section
from $3.50 to $500 an acre with good water rights.
Those wishing locate in a country where there is
desirable climate both in winter and summer and
the best CT water both for domestic and irriga-
ton purposes VIII do well to come to Delta county
And trees set out in the early SOS show no signs
OF decay.
wish to sell? It's the big money made. These lands
originally cost $1.25 per acre, 2o-acre orchard 10