COST OF ORCHARDS.
According to a carefully compiled schedule, reports the "New Zealand Orchardist," the annual charges on a Tasraanian orchard based on a capital outlay of £4000 would be £240, and that after allowance for this, the cost of the apples at packing shed varied according to total pro.dijction, viz., 4000 bushels, 4s per bushel; 5000 bushels, 3s 6d per bushel; 6000 bushels, 3s 2d per bushel; 8000 bushels, 2s 9d per bushel; 9000 bushels, 2s 7d per bushel; 10,000 bushels, 2s 6d per bushel. The cost of marketing that Tasmanian fruit overseas last season had been 6s 7d per bushel, so that, assuming it realised 10s per bushel, a profit ranging from Id to lid per bushel resulted; but as.much Tasmanian fruit realised only 6s to 8s per bushel case, the losses incurred have been very serious indeed.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 90, 13 October 1932, Page 14
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140COST OF ORCHARDS. Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 90, 13 October 1932, Page 14
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