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Bulletin 262. 



Five-year Average per Acre 



METHOD OF TREATMENT. 



Tilled ten years or more . . 

 Tilled five years or more. 

 Tilled at least three years 

 Sod at least three years . . 

 Sod five years or more . . . 

 Sod ten years or more. . . . 



Bushels. 



Income. 



The results for Orleans County (Bull. No. 229) furnish an interesting 

 comparison (four of the calendar years are the same in the two cases) : 



Average Yield in Bushels and Income per Acre of Tilled and Sod 



Orchards. All Orchards 



Five-year Average per Acre 



METHOD OF TREATMENT. 



Tilled ten years or more 



Tilled five years or more 



Tilled over half of preceding five years 

 Sod over half of preceding five years . . 



Sod five years or more . . ' 



Sod ten years or more 



Income, 



$182 

 138 



"3 

 107 

 108 



87 



Average Yield in Bushels and Income per Acre of Tilled and Sod 



Orchards. Orchards All Well Cared For 



Five-year Average per Acre 



METHOD OF TREATMENT. 



Tilled ten years or more 



Tilled five years or more 



Tilled over half of preceding five years 

 Sod over half of preceding five years . . 



Sod five years or more 



Sod ten years or more 



Bushels. 



Income 



ENEMIES OF THE APPLE 

 Tlie codling moth and the San Jose scale have been and are still 

 the worst enemies of the apple in Niagara County. The codling moth 

 is an ever-present pest in every orchard of much size in the county, 



