DIVISION OF HORTKTLTIRE 661 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



COMMERCIAL ORCHARD. 



The small commercial orchard, which was planted in 1011, came through the win- 

 ter very well and made a vigorous growth during the summer. Some of the early- 

 varieties, such as Duchess and Wealthy, produced some fruit. 



The object of this orchard is to demonstrate what it actually costs to start a 

 yomig orchard and care for it from infancy until it gives a return equivalent to the 

 amount expended on it, and as to how long before the production will be sufficient to 

 cover all investments. In order to arrive at a uniform valuation of labour and pro- 

 duction from year to year, set prices are used for labour and production, i.e., manual 

 labour is charged at lY cents per hour, one-horse team at 2Y cents, two-horse team at 

 •li cents, and so on. The value of the crops is calculated in the same way, i.e., wheats 

 oats, barley, rye, and buckwheat, 1 cent per pound, and so on for other crops accord- 

 ing to their value above those mentioned. Records of these are reported in the annual 

 bulletin from this farm. 



The following is a record kept of the cost of labour since its inception: 



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