THE COST OF GROWING APPLES 



five acres contains 126 standard apple trees, 

 *' filled " both ways with 375 peach trees. It 

 was set in the spring of 1908, so that the trees 

 have grown four seasons. The permanents 

 (apples) are set ^^ by 40 feet apart, so that, 

 with the peaches between, the trees stand 18 

 by 20 feet apart. A crop of beans has been 

 grown between the tree rows each season. The 

 first season a full seven rows, twenty-eight 

 Inches apart, were planted In the wider space; 

 the second and third season six rows, and the 

 last season only four rows. The crop 

 has been very good each year until the 

 last. One application of manure, one crop of 

 clover and one seeding of rye have been plowed 

 under, and in addition a liberal amount of com- 

 mercial fertilizer has been used with each crop. 

 This year the peach trees bore their first crop. 

 The record of the four years Is as follows: 



SUMMARY OF THE COST OF A FOUR-YEAR-OLD 

 APPLE AND PEACH ORCHARD 



Net Income 



Crop income from Cost of 



Year grown from crop orchard orchard Profit Loss 



1908.. Beans ..$63.37 $130.12 $62.75 



1909. .Beans .. 66.70 85.03 18.33 



1910. .Beans .. 79-8i 83.39 3.58 



1911. .Beans .. 53.20 $46.05 61.95 $37-30 



Totals $267.08 $46.05 $360.49 $37.30 $84.66 



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