APPLE GROWING 



grown between the tree rows, thereby offsetting 

 to a large extent the cost of growing the or- 

 chard. Forty trees at the north end of the 

 orchard are pears, but they have received sub- 

 stantially the same treatment as the apples and 

 have not affected the cost. In 1904, 211 plum 

 trees were set as fillers one way. The apple 

 trees were set 36 by 36 feet apart, so that, filled 

 one way, the trees stand 18 by 36 feet apart. 

 The orchard Is ten rows wide and forty-seven 

 long, containing In all 467 trees. 



Bringing to Bearing Age. — The first of 

 the following tables Is given as a sample of one 

 year's records, that of 1907, on this orchard 

 In order to show both the manner In which 

 the costs were made up and what the items 

 amounted to In one year: 



FIELD A— 1907. FIFTH YEAR 



Total 



hours Total 

 Operation Man Horse cost 



Mulching 3 6 $ 1.05 



Pruning 11 ... 1.65 



Cultivating i... 7 7 1.75 



Cultivating 2... 10 10 2.50 



Cultivating 3... 6 6 1.50 



Plowing in fall 47 94 16.45 



Banking trees. . 12 ... 1.80 



Harrowing ... 21 42 7.35 



Totallab. cost. 117 165 $34.05 

 168 



Hours 

 per acre 

 Man Horse 



.455 

 1.67 

 1.06 



1.51 

 .91 

 7.12 

 1.82 

 3.18 



.91 



1.06 



I-5I 



.91 



14-25 



'6.36 



Cost Cost 



per per 



acre 100 



$0.16 $0.22 



.25 -35 



.26 



.38 



.23 



2.50 



.27 

 I. II 



.38 



.54 



3-52 



.39 



1.58 



1773 25.00 $5.16 $7.30 



