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Expense, 1911 {off Year). 



Cultivation, cover crop, etc., |15 00 



Pruning, 8 00 



Fertilizers, 10 50 



Spraying, 19 00 



Barrels, picking and packing, .... ... 31 50 



Total, $84 00 



Income. 



40 barrels at . 13, ... ! $120 00 



10 barrels at $2, 20 00 



140 00 



Profit, • . ■ $56 00 



Expense, 1912. 



Cultivation, pruning, fertilizing, spraying, as before, . . . $52 50 



Barrels, 175, at 33 cents, 57 75 



Picking and packing, 52 50 



Thinning, at 40 cents per tree for 40 trees, 16 00 



Total, $178 75 



Income. 



125 barrels at $4, $500 00 



50 barrels at $2.75, 137 50 



637 50 



Profit, $458 75 



Turning now to the cost of establishing new orchards we sub- 

 mit the following from actual field operations : — 



Cost of an Acre of Orchard for First Year. 



Trees, 108, at 10 cents, 



Fitting land, setting and pruning trees, at 6 cents, 



Fertilizing, 



Cultivating, 



Cover crops, 



Clearing away around trees, 



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