230 Appendix. 



AMOUNT OF FRUIT FROM ONE HUNDRED TREES. 



APPLES, PEARS, ETC. 



Fifth year 1,500 pounds 



Sixth vear 3,000 pounds 



Seventh year 6.000 to 9,000 pounds 



Eighth year 12,000 to 15,000 pounds 



PRUNES, PLUMS, ETC. 



Fourth year 1.000 pounds 



Fifth year .S.OOO pounds 



Sixth year 6,000 pounds 



Seventh year 9.000 pounds 



Eighth year 12,000 pounds 



The above is without the original cost of land, interest, taxes, loss of 

 trees, etc. 



COST OF AN ORCHARD IN GRAND RONDE VALLEY. 

 By James Hendershott, Cove, Eastern Oregon. 



I can only approximate the cost, as I have never kept an expense bill. 

 After planting, 5 cents per tree will cover all expenses up to four years old. 

 After trees are four years old, they will yield a profit to the grower. My 

 prune trees are now twelve years old. They averaged this year 280 pounds. 

 Peach plums, same age, averaged 326 pounds. Apples, same age, averaged 490 

 pounds. 



The man who asserts his prunes produce 1,000 pounds to the tree exagger- 

 ates for what money there is in it. If apples can be kept sound, they will pay 

 100 per cent more than prunes. 



COST OF AN APPLE ORCHARD IN HOOD RIVER VALLEY. 



By E. L. Smith, President State Board of Horticulture, Hood River, Eastern 



Oregon. 



I believe the following is a close approximation for an orchai'd of ten acres : 



Four hundred and eighty trees planted in squares 30x30 feet, at 10 cents 



each $48 00 



Digging holes and planting 480 trees, at 6 cents each 28 80 



Cultivating with spring-tooth harrow three times each way, one 



year, eight days, at .^3.50 .$28 00 



Cultivating with weed exterminator, twice each way, one year, four 



days, at $3.50 14 00 



Pruning, average per year 20 00 



Hoeing about base of trees 10 00 



Resetting trees, etc 5 00 



Total for one year $77 00 



Cost for four years 308 00 



Add plowing and cultivating second and third year 40 00 



Grand total to five years $424 80 



This estimate on the supposition that the ground was plowed, harrowed, 

 and ready for planting. No estimate is made for spraying, as it is believed 

 that the fruit the fourth year will fully cover that expense. I have not made 

 an allowance for interest on value of land or for taxes, as no general rule can be 

 followed, both varying greatly. 



The fifth year the orchard will pay expenses and usually leave a margin of 

 profit. Last year, 1903, a young seven year old orchard of fifteen acres, paid 

 me a profit of $100 per acre, not deducting irterest and taxes. 



