ORCHARD HEATING 



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Table No. 14. Selling price of apples in order to obtain 0, 4 and 8 per 

 cent interest on investment with or without heating for different 

 localities. 



From this table it is seen that in Western Colorado, in order to make 

 S per cent on the investment after paying for heating 3 nights a year, the 

 farmer must receive $1.37 a bushel for his apples; in Hood River $1.67, 

 and in Utah $0.53, while without heating these figures would be $1.19, 

 11.6.4 and $0.42 a bushel. 



In some localities, one farmer is heating his orchard while his 

 neighbor is not. Each thinks that he is doing right and that his 

 way is the better. Let us examine this case! We will not at 

 present decide if they should be in the business or not, but simply, 

 if they are both making money which is making more, or if both 

 are losinig 1 , which is losing less. 



We will assume that the farmer knows how to heat, that he 

 is careful, has plenty of oil pots, accurate weather (forecasts and 

 no accidents, i. e. that when he heats it is always necessary and 

 that he always saves his crop. We will first examine the case 

 where the frost takes part of the crop each year. 



