N. H. Agricultural ExrcRiMENT Station [Bulletin 257 



STUDIES IN ECONOMICS OF APPLE ORCHARDING 



By H. C. WOODWORTH, Agricultural Economist 



and 

 G. F. POTTER, Horticulturist 



To be publislied in the following series of bulletins: 

 Pull I. All Apple Enter-prise Study — (^osts and MaiiMgement. 

 Part II. A Study of Farm ()r<iaiiizati()ii on V2 Fniil Paniis. 

 Part Jil. A Study of Orchard Prol)l("nis by Means of llie l^udgct. 

 Part IV. Comparative Advantage of New Hampshire Apple Orchard- 

 ing. 



TABLE OF C0NT1^:NTS 



Pajje 



'er'- 



! ntrodiiction 3 



Study undertaken and plans 4 



Units of measurement comparing orchards 6 



Labor requirements on operations u]) lo liaivcsl IT) 



Pinning !<' 



Spraying -4 



Brush disposal 3i) 



Fertilizing 3<) 



Soil management 37 



Tliinning •49 



Propping •^t) 



Setting trees and grafting 51 



Protection •?! 



Miscellaneous ^1 



Total costs prior to harvest 51 



Harvesting apples 6o 



Grading and jmcking ^'9 



Yields ^59 



Summary ^1 



