350 



BULLETIN 226. 



TABLE 40. 



Average number of bushels raised by each grower in Wakvorth. 



Bushels. 



1900 1,700 



IQOI 210 



I9O2 T,200 



The three-year-average yield in Wai worth township is about thirty-four bushels 

 above that of the entire county. This difference is due to the poorer care given in 

 the remainder of the county, particularly in the southern part. 



TABLE 41. 



Variations in yields of orchards. 



The following table will give some idea of the distribution of yields that produced 

 the averages in 1902, trees set before 1880. 



The largest yield reported for the year 1902 was 1,000 bushels per acre from a 

 four-acre orchard. 



Markets the evaporating industry. The orchard industry of this 

 county cannot be understood without a knowledge of the evaporating 

 industry. How predominant this industry is can be seen by r herring 

 to table 42. The proportion of apples evaporated varies from year to 

 year, being influenced by the quality of the fruit and the relative prices of 

 green and dried apples. Probably seventy-five per cent of all the apples 

 raised in this county during the past four years has been evaporated. 

 A little less than half the evaporated fruit was evaporated by the man 

 who grew it. That which is sold usually goes to some farmer's 

 evaporator. The evaporators are almost as characteristic of the farm- 

 yards as are the barns. They also occur in all of the villages, but the 

 largest part of the evaporating is done on the farms. The industry 

 is a rural one and seems likely to remain such for some years. 



