Profit And Loss On Vegetable Raising In Florida
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This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V29", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
Profit And Loss On Vegetable Raising In Florida
Mr. D. W. Adams tells the Florida Dispatch:
"Last spring I grew a field of squashes, and made a shipment which sold for $1 per crate, which I consider a very fair price. It is as large a price as that vegetable can bear without placing it out of the reach of the great body of consumers. At a higher price the quantity consumed must be comparatively small. Now this is the way my account stood at the end of the shipment:
SQUASH ACCOUNT, DR. | |||||||
To one crat | 10 | ||||||
Picking, packing, nailing, marking and hauling to sta- | 10 | ||||||
Freight to Savannah | 55 | ||||||
Freight from Savannah to Boston | 10 | ||||||
Wharfage | 02 | ||||||
Drayage | 03 | ||||||
Commission | 10 | ||||||
Total | S1.00 | ||||||
Credit by crate squash sold | 1.00 | ||||||
Net returns | 0.00 | ||||||
The moral of which is, that it will be best to bring a Boston to Florida, and save the freight charges.
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