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BULLETIN 229. 



Expenses and income per acre. Table 28 gives the average gross 

 income per acre for the past five years, and table 29 shows how these 

 incomes were distributed. 



FIG. 170. One of the original Hubbardstons of Western N. Y. in the 

 orchard of Mr. T. B. Wilson, Hall's Corners, Ontario county, N. Y. 



Unfortunately, the average expense per acre can not be secured, as 

 few farmers keep any record of expenses. The largest expense is lor 

 barrels, picking, packing and marketing the fruit. One orchard of 9 

 acres, for which an itemized account was kept in 1904, gave a total expense 

 of $339-55 for tillage, pruning, fertilization, spraying, labor, etc. The 

 cost of barrels, picking, etc., was $1,122.40 (Bulletin 226, page 297). This 

 made an expense of $37.73 per acre for raising the crop up to the time 

 of picking, not including interest on the land. Probably not over five to 



