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This is the fourth season, sheet — 191 3. This year the prun- 

 ing was charged in each case as well as spraying. Every 

 orchard was sprayed last year. The cost for pruning increased 

 a little, but not materially. One increased from a little over 

 a cent to practically three cents, another to a cent and a 

 half, and another one to two, and the others in something the 

 same proportion. The spraying cost increased largely because 

 of the work of the aphis in that year. The mulch system was 

 continued in the Bragger orchard, and was reduced somewhat. 

 The Dollofif orchard this year was in sweet corn. That is a 

 pretty good record for the acre, outside of the trees, $105.86 net. 

 That is an exceptional year. The first orchard was cropped 

 with various truck crops, as was the fifth and sixth. The first 

 fruit, on these prize winners at least, was gathered last year, 

 one peck of fruit from the Stark variety in the Morrill orchard. 

 There were records of fruit from other varieties before that, — 

 from the Wealthy and the Transparent and perhaps from other 

 apples of that type. 



1914. 



Name. 





Hobbs . . 

 Dolloff. . 

 Morse . . 

 Bragger . 

 Hescock 

 Bearce. . 

 Morrill . 



$8.45 

 10 . .56 

 10.80 

 8.06 

 12.7.:. 

 3.84 

 2.55 



$40.60 



77.44 



4.00 

 40.00 

 14.50 



2.10 



The last year of the contest is much the same as the year 

 before, although many of the costs increase materially, especially 

 pruning, the cost advancing quite a good deal. Pruning and 

 spraying, cultivating and mulch, throughout the sheet, are very 

 similar to the one before. That is the last year of the contest. 



