DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Expenses, 1911. 



Mowing, 1 man 10 hours at 16| cents 



Materials used for spraying 



Spraying 3 times 



Cost of 155 baskets at 4 cents 



Patting on tree protectors, 1 man 10 hours at 16J 



cents 



Kent of land 



Manure, 4 loads at 40 cents, teamster with team $4. 

 Picking fruit and gathering windfalls, 49 hours at 



17i cents 



Packing fruit. 18 hours at 17J cents 



Total expenses, 1911 



Net profit, 1911 - 



Wealthy Orchard, 1912. 



Fruit picked 



Windfalls 



Total 



Sales of Fruit. 



100 baskets at 25 cents 



309 " SO " 



145 " 27>, " 



199 " 321 " 



101 " 35 " 



854 Total revenue, in 12 



Expenses, 1012. 



Pruning, 1 man 31 hours at 19\ cents 



Mowing, 1 man 8 hours at 18J cents 



Lime sulphur and poison, 1 spraying 



Bordeaux mixture and poison, 3 sprays '. 



Spraying, 4 times 



Putting on tree protectors, 1 man 10 hours at 18| 



cents 



Rent of land 



854 baskets and covers at 4 cents 



Picking fruit and gathering windfalls, 172 hours at 



19J cents 



Packing fruit, 145 hours at 19J cents 



Commission on sales of fruit 



Total expenses. 1912 



Net profits, 11)12 * 



Gallons. 

 1,686 

 964 



In the tables of revenue and expense given above, the estimates per acre are 

 based on the sales actually made, assuming- that the yields, prices, and cost of pro- 

 duction would be in the same proportion per acre. It will be noticed that the pro- 

 portion of windfalls is very high. Those acquainted with the Wealthy apple will 

 know that this variety is very subject to dropping. Some of the windfalls were 

 sold. The fruit was all sold on the local markets. 



The rent of the land is low for orchard land, but fruit is not one of the main crops 

 of the Ottawa district ,and the rent is estimated on farm land. 



16— 19$ 



