THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 369 



COST OF DEVELOPING A TEN ACRE PRUNE ORCHARD IN 



BUTTE COUNTY. 



Cost of land $2,2uO 00 



19U. 



Plowing $28 50 



Trees (805 at 13 cents) 104 G5 



Planting 59 71 



Cultivating (4 times during season) 39 30 



1,000 tree protectors 8 25 



Pumpkin seed 75 



Cultivating and planting pumpkin seed 12 90 



Sulphur (140 pounds) 4 25 



Sulphuring (2 times during season) 2 00 



Digging Johnson grass (4 different times) 11 OO 



Hoeing trees and sulphuring 4 00 



Hoeing trees and spading Johnson grass 4 (X) 



Taxes 15 00 



Pruning 5 00 



■ 299 31 



$2,549 31 

 Receipts from pumpkins, which were planted between the trees 45 00 



Total $2,504 31 



1915. 



Trees to reset $22 25 



Resetting trees — 13 30 



Burning brush 2 00 



Plowing 33 00 



Hoeing trees (2 times) 10 00 



Cultivating (6 times during season) 47 00 



Whitewashing trees 8 64 



Sulphuring and digging Johnson grass 7 00 



Gopher traps 2 40 



Trapping gophers through summer 7 00 



Picking caterpillars from trees 2 75 



Taxes (first installment) 10 98 



1G6 32 



1916. 



Pruning l— $7 50 



Burning brush 3 OO 



Trees to reset — 3 00 



Resetting trees 4 00 



Plowing 31 50 



Hoeing (2 times during season) 11 00 



Cultivating (8 times over during season) 32 00 



Cutting Johnson grass and thistles on county road 1 OO 



Whitewashing trees 10 00 



Taxes (second installment) 8 37 



Ill 37 



Total $2,781 20 



Cost of land 2,250 00 



Total, less cost of land at end of third year $532 OO 



