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Table Showing the Items of Expense in Producing Apples in a 

 Six-acre Orchard in Western New York. 



A cover crop was sown about every other year. When 

 town the charge was made against the orchard. The value 

 of the manure applied is the only thing lacking in this table. 

 This is omitted because there is some uncertainty as to the 

 amount, and more as to its real value. It was applied once 

 in three years — four applications during the period — at th«i 

 rate of about 12 loads an acre. If we asume that 225 loads 

 have been applied in the period and that the value was $1 a 

 load (tiie cost of hauling is included in the labor charges), 

 a charge of $25 per year should be added, which amounts to 

 $4.10 an acre or six cents a barrel. 



Two or three spraying have been made every year. Un- 

 til 1909 Bordeaux mixture and Paris green were used. 

 Since then the commercial brands of lime sulphur and ar- 

 senate of lead have been used, doubling the cost of the spray 

 material. The average cost of the spray has been $2.65 an 

 acre — over Si/o cents a barrel of apples harvested. In 1911 

 this cost was $4.51 an acre and 4i/^ cents a barrel. The cost 

 of the package has varied from 28 to 40 cents, and averaged 

 about 34 cents or $23.68 an acre. 



Interest has been figured at five per cent in all eases, but 

 as the price of the land has varied from $90 at the beginnings 



