APPLE GROWING 



Net Income 



Crop income from Cost of t 6.6 acres \ 



Year grown from crop orchard orchard Profit Loss 



1908.. Corn .. 37.68 64.22 26.54 



1909.. Oats and 

 strawber- 

 ries 100.61 $27.88 84.73 4376 



1910.. Wheat . 60.70 38.65 96.35 3.00 



Totals $459.61 _ $66.53 $620.22 $87.52 $381.60 



Net loss on field for eight years $294.08 



Average annual loss 38.76 



Total cost an acre, exclusive of income 124.27 



Total cost an acre, including income 44-55 



Total net cost a hundred trees 62.97 



Total net cost an apple tree 1.37 



Total net cost an apple tree, exclusive of income. . . . 3.80 



Total labor cost an acre 35.09 



Total cash cost an acre 89.19 



We find that this orchard has cost $124.27 

 an acre during the eight years of its life, but 

 that the $79.72 an acre of crops grown in the 

 orchard has brought this cost down to $44.55 

 an acre. It is safe to say that the orchard 

 would have cost even more than it did had it 

 not been for the crops, for many operations 

 charged directly to the crops would of necessity 

 have been charged to the trees. The cost a 

 hundred trees does not mean much, as it often 

 happens that not all the trees are covered by 

 an operation and as the number of trees an acre 

 greatly affects these costs. 



We have another and younger orchard upon 

 which a record has been kept. This orchard of 

 170 



