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exactly the same as the cost in some other rials may be more or less, but this will 

 states where the labor is more or less assist in reaching a conclusion as to what 

 than in Nebraska, or where the raw mate- would be the probable cost. 



Number of orchards sprayed 16 



Total number of trees sprayed 3,300 



Average age of trees 18 years 



Average number of sprayings per year 4 



Average quantity of spray per tree each year 13 gallons 



Average quantity of spray per acre (50 trees) 650 



Average cost of spray material per 100 gallons $0.87 



Average cost of applying spray per 100 gallons $0.98 



Average total cost of spraying per 100 gallons $1.85 



Average annual cost of spray material per tree 11.3 cents 



Average annual cost of applying spray per tree 12.7 " 



Average total annual cost of spraying per tree 24.0 " 



Average total annual cost of spraying per acre (50 trees) $12.00 



Results of Spraying 



Average annual yield and value per acre (estimated on basis of 50 trees) — 



Sprayed Trees 



Marketable fruit 220 bu. $114.40 



Culls and windfalls 55 bu. 3.30 



275 bu. $117.70 

 Unsprayed Trees 



Marketable fruit 90 bu. $36.90 



Culls and windfalls 85 bu. 4.25 



175 bu. $41.15 



Summary 



Difference between sprayed and unsprayed trees $76.55 



Average cost of spraying 12.00 



Average net gain per acre (50 trees) from spraying $64.55 



APPLE ORCHARD PROFITS an acre. Last year the apple crop in 



_ „ „ Huron county was almost a complete fail- 



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ure. Nevertheless, we harvested nearly 



Huron County, Ontario ^^q ^,^^^3,^ „g ^^^^^ 350 ^„gg_ ^^ jj 75 ^^ 



In a ten-acre orchard, the acre cost $4 a barrel, or $43 an acre, giving a total 



and expenditure for four years are given of $413.40 or $103.35 as the average for 



below. Ten acres usually contain about four years off trees from 17 to 20 years of 



400 trees, or 40 trees to the acre, but as ^ge. 



some of my trees are grafted and did not nqw, let us look at the cost of produc- 



bear at the same time as the others, I (fon and maintenance. It cost $2.35 an 



will include only 350 trees. acre for plowing. $1.05 an acre for culti- 



The first year we had 700 barrels of vating three times, $3.75 an acre for prun- 



apples from these 350 trees, and they ing, $S to $9 for three sprayings with 



were sold at $1.65 a barrel on the ground, Bordeaux mixture. Last year we used 



or $132 an acre. The varieties consisted lime-sulphur, which cost a little more, for 



of Ben Davis, Baldwin, Greening, Spy and the first spraying, and arsenate of lead 



King. In the following year, the crop along with it, fertilizing at the rate of 



was much lighter, only 250 barrels from $2.50 an acre up to $3 for manure and 



the same area, at $1.50 a barrel, or $45 ashes. It is sometimes difficult to get 



an acre. In the third year we harvested ashes, but we get a great deal of manure 



750 barrels at $2.25 a barrel, or $192,80 at 50 cents a load and draw it ourselves. 



