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WAYNE COUNTY. N. Y., YIELD IN BUSHELS OF TILLED AND UNTILLED 



ORCHARDS— Continued . 



Number 

 orchards , 



Acres. 



Average 

 yield. 



1901. 



Tilled five years or more 



Tilled most years 



Sod most years, tilled occasionally 

 Sod five years or more 



1902. 



Tilled five years or more 



Tilled most years 



Sod most years, tilled occasionally 

 Sod many years 



1903. 



Tilled five years or more 



Tilled most years , 



.Sod most years, tilled occasionally 

 Sod five years or more 



32 



38 

 54 

 69 



53 

 67 



85 

 122 



31 

 24 

 31 

 43 



2325!i 

 319 



292% 

 609 



483Ji 

 42814 



m% 



1,100^ 



379 

 125 

 225M 

 368 V2 



82 

 73 

 56 

 31 



317 

 279 

 214 

 176 



325 

 256 

 238 

 230 



Bushels. 



Four-year averages per acre : 



Tilled five years or more 



Tilled most years 



Sod most years, tilled occasionally 

 Sod five years or more 



266 

 229 

 202 

 148 



Thus it is seen that orchards tilled five years or more prodnce'I 

 266 bushels per acre, while those that had been in sod for five years or 

 more produced only 148 bushels per acre, as an average for the four 

 years from 1900 to 1903. 



When it is realized that this represents a large number of orchards 

 and involves thousands of acres, the figures are entitled to the greatest 

 weight. 



In one sense the foregoing figures are misleading, in that they in- 

 clude all of the orchards examined, whether well cared for or neg- 

 lected. 



It goes without saying that the man who does not cultivate is likely 

 at the same time to fail to spray, prune, fertilize, etc., and that the bene- 

 fits of tillage in these figures are magnified. 



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