RETURNS FROM FRUITGROWING.
W. R. L. Williams.
The high returns possible by fruitgrowing from a comparatively small area of land are undoubted. The following instance recently came under my notice : A small Auckland orchard of 34 acres, of which not more than 3 acres are in stone fruits, has had an output this season of 55,000 lb. of stone-fruits (mostly, peaches) actually marketed. Practically none of this fruit was sold under 2d. per pound, whilst the early peaches were sold at a high rate. However, allowing only 2d. per pound, the gross return would be £458, equal to over £152 per acre.
“ Weeds are the farmer’s best friends,” says an American writer. “ They force him- to cultivate ; and lack of cultivation. is the crime of modern farming.”
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume VI, Issue 4, 15 April 1913, Page 414
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127RETURNS FROM FRUITGROWING. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume VI, Issue 4, 15 April 1913, Page 414
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