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conditions, which are somewhat different' from yours. They 

 must therefore be used with judgment and with discrimina- 

 tion. No one can tell what the cost of production on an- 

 other's farm will be. Each individual must determine his 

 own costs. 



The figures given are mostly taken from my own or- 

 chards in Monroe County, New York, but partly from the 

 orchards of E, B. Holden of Monroe County and Mr. L. A. 

 Toan, in Wyoming County, New York. I trust, that you 

 will pardon the use of costs from my own farm. I am using 

 tliem simply because I can vouch for their accuracy and 

 completeness. They have been accurately and well kept by 

 the manager of the farm, Mr. Kobert Hall, and are very near 

 the average of Western New York conditions, neither the 

 worst nor the best. Many records have been gathered on 

 other farms and will soon be published by the government, 

 I am told. The credit for the method of collecting and for 

 the tabulation of all the figures is due to Mr. E. H. Thomson, 

 of the Office of Farm Management, of the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture. 

 FACTORS IN THE COST OF PRODUCING APPLES. 

 First let us get clearly before us the factors which enter 

 into the cost of growing any farm crop. These may be 

 classified under two principal heads, labor costs, and cash 

 or capital costs. 



Labor Costs in Apple Production 



MANAGEMENT. 



I Cash Wages 



Manual ] Board or Rent 



I Privileges 



LABOR 



I Interest 



I Depreciation 



Horse ] Feed 



I Care 



I Stabling 



I Misc. Shoeing, etc. 



