An Apple Orchard Survey of Ontario County 



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The typical income per acre is $100, the middle value of the class 

 $80-$ 1 19. About 28 per cent of the orchards lie in this class. Less than 

 50 per cent of the orchardists are receiving m.ore than Si 20 per acre. 

 The mean incom^e per acre, based on the data in Table 2, is $114.50. 



The percentage frequencies enumerated in the third and seventh columns 

 of the table are shown graphically in the curves of Plate I ; the facts in the 

 fourth and eighth columns of the table are shown in the curves of Plate 

 II, entitled " Percentage Distribution." 



SIZE OF orchards 



Distribution of orchards according to size 



The individual apple orchards in Ontario county are small. Table 3* 

 shows the distribution of orchards according to size for the 161 orchards 



TABLE 3. Distribution of Orchards According to Size 



"■' In the tabulation the orchards are placed in classes varying in size by one acre, as o-i, 1-2, etc. The 

 value noted in the table is the mid-value of the class. 



