KMSlSilOMi THE PINEHURST OUTLOOKHHPLJP'1' " Loaded Smokeless Powder Cheap in price, but not in quality. Costing little more than black powder shells they are cleaner and are better in every way from a game-getting standpoint Try the Repeater" and you will surely like it It's THE YELLOW SHELL WITH THE CORRUGATED HEAD. Winchester Shells and Cartridges for Sale at the Pinehurst Store, Traps and Banges. Look for the big 41 W " on every Box. Well Total labor bill, including clearing land 4,509,31 Fertilizer for 34 years, in cluding all crops 2,007.88 Seed corn, cotton, peas, etc.. 70.05 Pair mules and harness 358.45 Machinery, total 484.95 Feed for mules 763.19 Crates for peaches 236.68 Spraying material 421.96 Taxes lb7.u& Legal expenses, incorporat ing, etc ' 150.95 Office expenses, including audi tor and traveling 516.19 Exchange on checks .82 Freight on peaches 301.05 Salary paid superintendent.. 1,760.00 Insurance 30.00 General expense, small mis cellaneous items 180.68 In superintendent 's hands. Spent but not accounted for 299.16 Money loaned 32.23 Profit and loss 54.53 Promoters 's bonus 1,250.00 $16,707.89 These figures represent the total re ceipts and expenditures on the orchard for three and a half years. During this time, of course, a certain amount of forage crops for the feeding of the mules had been growing and harvested. The total cost to the owners had been $13,870. Of this $1,250 had been paid as a stock bonus to the promoter, and $516.19 had been spent in a corporation office. Of course, these items grew no peaches. But this is a report of what actually occurred, not what might occur. So it can be said as a mathematical fact that these particular gentlemen came into possession of a bearing orchard of ninety acres, a field for corn and hay, a house, barn, shed, well, a pair of mules and all necessary machinery, for $13,870. The operations each following year to date were as follows : Year of Orchard Date Fourth 1911 Fifth 1912 Sixth 1913 Seventh 1914 1911 Gross Eeturn $ 4,079.52 10,431.69 15,130.80 13,560.02 1912 1913 Operating Expenses $5,286.07 8,098.85 7,008.50 9,2S2.37 1914 Net Return $1,206.55 2,332.84 8,122.30 4,277.65 Do You Suppose That Ambassador Page, Frederick T. Gates of the Rockefeller Board Edgar L. Marston and S. B. Chapin, bankers, William A. Slater of Washington, Benjamin F. Butler and George Maurice of New York and Raphael Pumpelly of Newport and Roger A. Derby and Charles T Crocker of Fitchburg, are all bad investors ? Well, they have all invested in land here from 300 to 15,00 acres. I offer as an investment the best single 1118 acres of land, in the best section, on the main line of the Seaboard. Do you want it ? J. J. HECKART Out of these profits the company has planted twenty-five acres of new trees, has built a big packing house costing $1,400, has bought a new pair of mules, has installed a water system and has added a larger spraying outfit. The capi tal stock has also been increased. Success has been almost entirely due to the superintendent, William D. Bruhn, whose interest was obtainable only on condition that he be given a fifth share in the orchard at the end of four years' work. His success under this arrange ment should encourage everyone who is contemplating an absentee agricultural career to give the man who does the work a fair share in the property. The result of giving Mr. Bruhn this interest has been the increase of the capi tal stock of the company from the cash outlay of $13,870 to $17,530, the figure at which it stands today. Three cash dividends have been paid upon this higher capitalization, in addi tion to the improvements made and the new orchard planted forty-five per cent in 1913, fifteen per cent in 1914 and twenty-five per cent in 1915 besides re purchasing $1,000 of the stock. This account is of no value on eartli unless it be complete in every detail. So accompanying this article is a statement of the affairs of the company since 1910, except for the current year. This article is not written to be literary. It is written in the hope that it will be of real, tangible service to those actively interested in the culture of peaches, or who think they may be. Also it is presented in the hope that the figures, successes and mistakes here displayed this hand laid face up on the table may induce others who have in formation or suggestions that they may wish to impart to come forth and add them to the facts in this problem that have already become known. If anybody who wishes to know anything further about these figures, or who knows anything that will be of value to us, will communicate with us, he will find us will ing either to impart or to absorb useful or even merely pleasant thoughts on the subject. INCOME ABERDEEN, NORTH CAROLINA 1911 1912 1913 1914 Peaches $4,079.52 Mortgage 2,028.99 Bills Payable 1,990.00 Peaches Peaches Peaches Mortgage and interest Taxes Bills receivable Interest less discount Legal fees Fire insurance Superintendent's salary Freight, expressage, telegrams and telephone service Crates Labor Eepairs, additional tools, etc Sundry Supplies Fodder, grain, etc W. D. Bruhn, to account Charged portion of cost of pack ing house Fruit trees Seeds 1911 1912 1913 1914 $8,098.51 . $10,431.69 $15,130.90 $13,560.02 EXPENSES $2,132.99 17.24 $ 28.70 $ 42.01 $ 126.56 66.00 78.15 62.10 129.70 6.00 41.93 32.00 720.00 480.00 480.00 1,080.00 195.00 284.59 11.59 53.39 695.25 2,081.77 1,075.50 1,688.00 1,375.08 3,221.64 3,206.08 3,954.36 . 478.81 387.11 147.91 95.09 165.34 138.57 56.93 83.11 47.05 219.46 216.52 240.24 97.48 200.00 300.00 87.07 53.03 27.12 33.75 12.90 64 90 A

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