The  average  price  was  eight  cents  per  quart,  making  the
gross  proceeds  equal  to  $3,486.  We  paid  for  picking
$435.75.  The  cost  of  trimming  and  cultivating  was  about
$400;  cost  of  boxes,  crates,  and  marketing  was  $1,307.25,
leaving  a  net  profit  of  $1,343."

A  gentleman  in  Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y.,  stated  that  200  bushes
of  the  Cherry  currant  yielded  him  hi  one  season  1,000  Ibs.
of  fruit,  which  was  sold  at  an  average  of  eight  cents  per
pound.  His  gross  receipts  were  $80  from  one- fourteenth
of  an/  acre,  and  at  the  same  ratio  an  acre  would  have  yielded
$1,120.  Is  this  an  average  yield?  So  far  from  it,  there
are  many  acres  of  currants  and  gooseberries  that  do  not  pay
expenses.  Thus  it  can  be  seen  that  the  scale  ranges  from
marvellous  prizes  down  to  blanks  and  heavy  losses ;  but  the
drawing  is  not  a  game  of  chance,  but  usually  the  result  of
skill  and  industry,  or  their  reverse.
