No. 7. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



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TABLE II. 



Yields in Bushels per acre of Tilled and Sod Apple Orchards, Wayne County, 

 New York Four- Year Averages, 1900-1903. 



AH Orchards. 



c 





Well-Cared-for 

 Orchards. 



g 

 3 



Tilled 5 years or more 

 Tilled most years, ... 



Sod most years 



Sod 5 years or more, . 



271 

 24'. 

 2i)6 



X similar study was made iu Orleaus county. Table III, shows 

 tlu' tive-yeai" avcraiio yields for this couiity. Tliose that have been 

 tilled ten years y,ave .SO per cent, higher yields than those that were 



TABLE III. 



Yields in Bushels per Acre and Income per Acre of Tiiled and Sod Apple 

 Orchards in Orleans County, New Y'ork. Five-Year Averages, 1900-1904. 



in sod ten years, and those tilled five years gave 34 per cent, higher 

 yield than those in sod five years. As in Wayne county, the tilled 

 orchards have undoubtedly fared better in general care. Neglected 

 orchards are likely to bo in sod. To eliminate other factors, another 

 computation was made as in Wayne county. In this all neglected 

 orchards were thrown out. This excluded about half the orchards 

 that were regularly in sod and excluded some from all classes. 

 These well-cared-for orchards liave all received some fertilization 

 and some spraying; none are badly damaged by lack of fer- 

 tilization, spraying or drainage, or badly damaged by diseases or 

 other causes. Of These orchards those that have been tilled ten or 

 more years gave 45 per cent, larger yield than those that had been 

 in sod ten or more vears, and those tilled five or more years gave 15 



