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A Truthful Woman in Southern California

CHAPTER X
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These oranges are worth on the trees $3500, the lemons $3000, the grapes $370, pears $30, apples $75, berries $30, walnuts $80.

The total will be $7085, and all the products not counted.

That surely is more than the crops of a half section in Kansas or Illinois will sell for.' Every one may not do as well, but they can approach it, and if they do, twenty acres is quite enough." "PROFITS OF BERRY CULTURE.
"Speaking of the profits of growing strawberries in Southern California, the Covina _Argus_ gives some interesting facts and figures.

That paper says: 'One of the growers stated to us that last year he picked and shipped from three acres the enormous amount of fourteen tons.

These berries brought as high as fifteen cents and as low as four cents per pound, but netted an average of about eight cents per pound, or $2240.
That would make an acre of berries produce a cash return of $746.66 2/3, which, considering the shortness of the berry season, from four to five months, is a pretty good income on the money invested.'" "PROFIT IN ALMONDS.
"M.


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