548 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



THE SEVENTH YEAR, 191 ;{ 



EXPENSES RETURNS 



:\Iaintenmu-(' $822 89 1 .SOO bn. ;it si .00 Sl.SOO 00 



Cm]) 482 24 



Toliil lor (.nli.ird. . . $755 18 Total for oi-cliard. . .$1,800 00 



Total per acre 50 84 Total i»er acre 120 00 



Ket profit for orchard $1,044 87 



Net lirotit per acre 69 66 



Cost per bushel Un this ciop 42 



Net profit per bushel 58 



The comparatively small yield this year was due to a hard fi-ost at 

 blossoming time. The injury would have been more severe had not the 

 orchard site been such as to ])i-ovide *i<)od air drainage. The fruit was sold 

 early iu the season at a stated price, if sold at harvest time it w<»uld ha\e 

 bronglit fifty cents a bushel more. 



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THE EIGHTH YEAK, 1914 



EXTEXSKS RETURNS 



Maintenance $358 89 8,107 bu. at $1 .10 $8,417 70 



Crop 933 88 758 bn. at .75 564 75 



66 bu. at .50 '. 88 00 



Total for orchard. . .$1,292 77 Total for orchard. . .$4,015 45 



Total per acre 86 18 Total per acre 267 69 



Net profit for orchard $2,722 68 



Net profit per acre 181 51 



Cost per bushel for this cro]) 33 



Net profit per bushel 69 



The crop was again sold early iu the season and for a better price than 

 could have been secured at harvesting time. 



The purchaser was the s,ame as last season so his losses were in a 

 measui-c otfset by his gains of last year. 



THE NINTH YEAR, 1915 



EXPEXSES RETURXS 



Maintenance .$294 49 2.272 bu. at $0.48 .^1,090 56 



Crop . 578 86 



Total for orchard. . . 8873 35 Total for orchard. . .$1,090 56 

 Total per acre 58 22 Total per acre 72 70 



Net profit for orchard $217 21 • 



Net profit per acre 14 48 



Cost per bushel for this crop 38 



Net profit per bushel 10 



