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climate of New York this curtailment of the season for the sodded 

 trees must have lessened growth of tree considerably and hastened 

 maturity of fruit not a little. In these life events the trees in the 

 Auchter and the Hitchings 2 orchards behaved alike. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 



After all it is the pecuniary rewards that mean most for a method 

 of farm management. The method that makes fruit-growing most 

 profitable is best. It is safe to use financial data in fruit-growing- 

 only provided they be taken over a sufficiently long time to offset 



Table V. — Expenses of Culture and Harvesting and Balance in Auchter 



Orchard for Ten Years. 



sod plat 118 trees. 



TILLED PLAT 120 TREES. 



2 N. Y. Sta. Bui. 375:73. 1914. 



