550 



STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



THE TWELFTH YE AR, 1 ! 8 



KXl'ENSKS RETURNS 



.\l:iii.(enance $360 44 (U4 bu. at |2.5() 11,535 00 



Crop 177 07 8 bu. at 3.00 24 00 



4bii. at 2.00 8 00 



21 2-5 bu. at $1.75 37 45 



Derates 12.50 22 50 



Total for orchard. . . $538 41 Total for orchard. . .$1,020 95 



Total per acre 35 89 Total per acre 108 46 



Net profit for orchard $1,088 54 



Net profit per acre 72 57 



Cost per bushel for this crop ~ . . . 82 



Net profit per bushel 1 72 



A very severe winter caused the small yield. Many trees were killed in 

 neighboring orchards that were not well located. The old wood of nearly 

 all of the trees was discolored and at picking time it v/as discovered the 

 limbs were very brittle. Hardy varieties as the Kalamazoo and Gold Drop 

 bore very well while the other varieties were light. 



The crop was nearly all sold to a canning factory without sorting or 

 grading. 



A summary of all the accounts is given in Table I for ease of compar- 

 ison. 



TABLE I.— ANNUAL TOTAL EXPENSES AND RECEIPTS AND NET PROFIT OF 15-ACRB 



PEACH ORCHARD. 



♦The expenses are deducted for the three years (1908, 1909 and 1910) when there was not 

 a crop. A diagram of the costs and returns is shown in Figui'e 1. 



