Braidentown Board of Trade advertising folder p. 8 University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Braidentown Board of Trade advertising folder p. 8The text of page 8 reads:his original purchase.Others have taken hold on a smaller scale with equally good results from a financial standpoint; as a result but few bearing orange groves can be purchased now, but there is plenty of available land in which new groves may be set, which will with the advanced ideas of cultivation, yield handsomely in three to four years. This statement cannot be questioned, when proof can be furnished of five year old budded trees yielding crops worth from $5 to $10 per tree. An acre of land will take from fifty to one hundred trees, so it is easy to see the possibilities offered.Cost of Making an Orange Grove.For the benefit of persons contemplating setting our orange groves the following estimate has been prepared by a grower of large experience in making and keeping groves for non-residents.Cost of good pine land, per acre …………….$25Clearing and fencing…………………………$40Setting trees, 30 feet apart……………………$35Total cost per acre …………………………$100for a young grove set out in first-class shape.If the quality of the land is good this grove will require no fertilizer for two years. For the next three years $5 per acre will fertilize it, and for the next five years the fertilizer bill will be from $10 to $25 per acre.The cost of cultivating grove in first class shape is $25 per acre per annum. On this bgasis the grove, at the end of five years, will have cost about $250 per acre. At the end of ten years it will have cost less than $500 per acre. By the time the grove is five years old it will bear at least fifty boxes of oranges per acre; at eight years of age, and from there on, it should average at least 250 boxes per acre. (Many groves bear 1000 boxes per acre.)From the above it will be seen that after the grove is five years old it will be more than self-supporting and the income will increase from year to year. A grove in good condition, af full bearing, is well worth $1000 per acre.Pineapples and Various Fruits.Pineapple culture has also passed the experimental stage here and is one of the promising industries of the section surrounding Braidentown. Our climatic conditions are so favorable that many have grown them without shedding, but with the custo-(cont. on p. 9) Braidentown Board of Trade advertising folder p. 8The text of page 8 reads:his original purchase.Others have taken hold on a smaller scale with equally good results from a financial standpoint; as a result but few bearing orange groves can be purchased now, but there is plenty of available land in which new groves may be set, which will with the advanced ideas of cultivation, yield handsomely in three to four years. This statement cannot be questioned, when proof can be furnished of five year old budded trees yielding crops worth from $5 to $10 per tree. An acre of land will take from fifty to one hundred trees, so it is easy to see the possibilities offered.Cost of Making an Orange Grove.For the benefit of persons contemplating setting our orange groves the following estimate has been prepared by a grower of large experience in making and keeping groves for non-residents.Cost of good pine land, per acre …………….$25Clearing and fencing…………………………$40Setting trees, 30 feet apart……………………$35Total cost per acre …………………………$100for a young grove set out in first-class shape.If the quality of the land is good this grove will require no fertilizer for two years. For the next three years $5 per acre will fertilize it, and for the next five years the fertilizer bill will be from $10 to $25 per acre.The cost of cultivating grove in first class shape is $25 per acre per annum. On this bgasis the grove, at the end of five years, will have cost about $250 per acre. At the end of ten years it will have cost less than $500 per acre. By the time the grove is five years old it will bear at least fifty boxes of oranges per acre; at eight years of age, and from there on, it should average at least 250 boxes per acre. (Many groves bear 1000 boxes per acre.)From the above it will be seen that after the grove is five years old it will be more than self-supporting and the income will increase from year to year. A grove in good condition, af full bearing, is well worth $1000 per acre.Pineapples and Various Fruits.Pineapple culture has also passed the experimental stage here and is one of the promising industries of the section surrounding Braidentown. Our climatic conditions are so favorable that many have grown them without shedding, but with the custo-(cont. on p. 9) Braidentown Board of Trade United States Florida—Manatee County—Bradenton Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
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Braidentown Board of Trade advertising folder p. 8The text of page 8 reads:his original purchase.Others have taken hold on a smaller scale with equally good results from a financial standpoint; as a result but few bearing orange groves can be purchased now, but there is plenty of available land in which new groves may be set, which will with the advanced ideas of cultivation, yield handsomely in three to four years. This statement cannot be questioned, when proof can be furnished of five year old budded trees yielding crops worth from $5 to $10 per tree. An acre of land will take from fifty to one hundred trees, so it is easy to see the possibilities offered.Cost of Making an Orange Grove.For the benefit of persons contemplating setting our orange groves the following estimate has been prepared by a grower of large experience in making and keeping groves for non-residents.Cost of good pine land, per acre …………….$25Clearing and fencing…………………………$40Setting trees, 30 feet apart……………………$35Total cost per acre …………………………$100for a young grove set out in first-class shape.If the quality of the land is good this grove will require no fertilizer for two years. For the next three years $5 per acre will fertilize it, and for the next five years the fertilizer bill will be from $10 to $25 per acre.The cost of cultivating grove in first class shape is $25 per acre per annum. On this bgasis the grove, at the end of five years, will have cost about $250 per acre. At the end of ten years it will have cost less than $500 per acre. By the time the grove is five years old it will bear at least fifty boxes of oranges per acre; at eight years of age, and from there on, it should average at least 250 boxes per acre. (Many groves bear 1000 boxes per acre.)From the above it will be seen that after the grove is five years old it will be more than self-supporting and the income will increase from year to year. A grove in good condition, af full bearing, is well worth $1000 per acre.Pineapples and Various Fruits.Pineapple culture has also passed the experimental stage here and is one of the promising industries of the section surrounding Braidentown. Our climatic conditions are so favorable that many have grown them without shedding, but with the custo-(cont. on p. 9)
Braidentown Board of Trade advertising folder p. 8The text of page 8 reads:his original purchase.Others have taken hold on a smaller scale with equally good results from a financial standpoint; as a result but few bearing orange groves can be purchased now, but there is plenty of available land in which new groves may be set, which will with the advanced ideas of cultivation, yield handsomely in three to four years. This statement cannot be questioned, when proof can be furnished of five year old budded trees yielding crops worth from $5 to $10 per tree. An acre of land will take from fifty to one hundred trees, so it is easy to see the possibilities offered.Cost of Making an Orange Grove.For the benefit of persons contemplating setting our orange groves the following estimate has been prepared by a grower of large experience in making and keeping groves for non-residents.Cost of good pine land, per acre …………….$25Clearing and fencing…………………………$40Setting trees, 30 feet apart……………………$35Total cost per acre …………………………$100for a young grove set out in first-class shape.If the quality of the land is good this grove will require no fertilizer for two years. For the next three years $5 per acre will fertilize it, and for the next five years the fertilizer bill will be from $10 to $25 per acre.The cost of cultivating grove in first class shape is $25 per acre per annum. On this bgasis the grove, at the end of five years, will have cost about $250 per acre. At the end of ten years it will have cost less than $500 per acre. By the time the grove is five years old it will bear at least fifty boxes of oranges per acre; at eight years of age, and from there on, it should average at least 250 boxes per acre. (Many groves bear 1000 boxes per acre.)From the above it will be seen that after the grove is five years old it will be more than self-supporting and the income will increase from year to year. A grove in good condition, af full bearing, is well worth $1000 per acre.Pineapples and Various Fruits.Pineapple culture has also passed the experimental stage here and is one of the promising industries of the section surrounding Braidentown. Our climatic conditions are so favorable that many have grown them without shedding, but with the custo-(cont. on p. 9)
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