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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Table No. 5-B— 1912 



General average $5.22 per acre. 



A. G. Craig 



Cost Per .Vere of Planting and First Year (are of Tlionsand .Vore Orcliard of 

 Lewiston-Clarkstou Development Co. 



(The Square Method of Orchard Plan Used) 



Plowing $4.0U per acre 



Cultivating None 



Staking 83 per acre 



Planting 2.44 per acre 



48 Apple Trees at 10 cents each 4. SO per acre 



20 Peach Tees at 12 cents each 2.40 per acre 



10 Plum or Prune Trees at 12 cents each 1.20 per acre 



10 Pear Trees at 20 cents each 2.00 per acre 



Fertilizer None 



Cultivation. 10 times 5.S.5 per acre 



Pest Control 10 per acre 



Heading Trees 10 per acre 



Horticultural Supervision 4.00 per acre 



Office or Overhead Expenses, 10 per cent 2.77 per acre 



Total $30.49 per acre 



W. B. Laxiiam, 



Ilni-tii-ultnrist. Clarkston. Wash. 



Appro.xiiuate Cost of Orcliards on Ten .Vere Basis, or More 



Sage Brnsli Land 



First Tear (Montana Conditions) 



Cost of Clearing $1.50 to $3.50, Average $2.50 $25.00 



Plowing, $2.50 per acre 25.00 



* Leveling. $1.00 10.00 



Harrowing, $0.50 - 5.00 



Seeding Oats and Clover: 



Oat Seed $ .971/2 1 



Clover Seed 1.50 | 



Planting Seed 35 '^ $9.32 93.20 



Irrigating 1.50 



Harvesting 5.00 



* We tbink the cost ot leveling in this item i.s ucit high 

 known it to run as high as $20 per acre. — Ed. 



Mit)iii;Ii for Mil average. We have 



