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At eleven years old, four boxes per tree, two himdreii ami eighty 



boxes at forty cents _'_ 8112 00 



Expense for two years 40 00 



Net for two years $ 72 00 



Or for each year i>er acre 3() 00 



At thirteen years old, six boxes per tree, four hundred and twenty 



boxes at forty cents SltiS 00 



Expense for two years oO 00 



Net for two years 8118 00 



Or each year peracre 59 00 



At fifteen years old, eight boxes per tree, five hundred and sixty 



boxes at forty cents _'_ 8224 00 



Expenses for two years peracre (iO 00 



Net for two years peracre $164 00 



Or for each year per acre S2 00 



After the trees are fifteen years old the net profit is not likely to increase 

 much, although if planted on the best soil the quantity should increase for 

 several years. These are very (conservative figures, and represent the 

 average profit line. I know of several orchards producing a profit of from 

 $30 to $40 per acre at six years old, and $75 to $100 per acre at seven years 

 old, and $40 to $50 an acre again at eight years, and then again I have 

 known orchards not to produce a cent of profit until they were twelve years 

 old. 



In apple growing, as in all other industries, there is a no-profit line all 

 the time for a certain class of producers. Those who have the knowledge 

 and skill to select suitable land and varieties adapted to the soil, 

 climate and market conditions, and who are dilligent and painstaking in 

 production, will reap a i)rofit, while those who select improper varieties or 

 soil, or those who neglect to take care of their orchards in any way, will be 

 on the marginal cost of production that gives no profit. It is a great mistake 

 to imagine that all men will make a profit in apple growing, or that the 

 business is sure to yield a profit, regardless of the man engaged in it. 



Southern Oregon has special advantages in the production of apples that 

 will surely make it a great field of horticulture. It is as regular in its crop 

 production as any apple section in the world : the absence of winds and 

 destructive storms, the regularity of its rainfall and uniformity of its seasons, 

 the climatic conditions that exempt trees from injury by freezing, and pre- 

 vent injury to fruit by fungus ; the abundance of lime and potash in the 

 soils, all tend to make it an ideal locality for the production of a high-class 

 apple. 



The old home orchards, from which the markets have heretofore been 

 supplied, must give way to the commercial orchard, and the great increase 

 in apple consumption that will come to the Pacific Coast from the islands of 

 the Pacific Ocean and Asia, will make a strong market in the future for 

 the Oregon apple. Whoever enters this field of production must understand 

 that, if he succeeds, he will have full use for his best intellectual and 

 physical energies. 



