50 w. VA. AGR, EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 141 



Applying fertiliser . 15.00 



Hauling fruit to depot 3 - 



Picking apples J6.05 



Cowpeas for cover crop o4.ou 



Spray material 36 . 00 



Spraying four times 120.00 



Pruning tools 20 . 00 



Depreciation on spray outfit 50.00 



Total expense $629 . 55 



65 barrels apples @ $1.50 : $ 97.50 



Loss on year's operations $532.05 



1912. 



FertiliJ er 63 . 47 



Snrav material 68.00 



Plowing 42.00 



Cultivation 24.00 



Sowing cowpeas . 15.00 



Cow pea seed 28 . 00 



Expense for spraying 90.00 



Depreciation on spray outfit 40.00 



1350 barrels '. 540.00 



Harvesting apples 274.00 



Total expense $1,184.47 



1350 barrels (a) $2.00 $2,700.00 



Drops 80.00 



Gross income 1912 2,780.00 



Net profit 1912 1,595.53 



Total expense for 2 years $ 1,814.02 



Total income for 2 years $ 2,877.50 



Net profit for 2 years $ 1,063.48 



The Lowther Orchard. 



In the spring of 1911 renovation work of a different character 

 \vas attempted in the orchard of Mr. M. R. Lowther, situated about 

 four miles north of Parkersburg at Vienna. The orchard consists of 

 115 trees at least fifty years old. The orchard had been in sod and 

 pastured for many years and had been very generally neglected. 

 In IMOf) the orchard had been atrociously pruned as may be seen 

 from the illustration on the cover page of this bulletin. Large 

 lower limbs were carelessly removed leaving bad stubs and the 

 bearing surface reared high in the air. The crops secured from the 

 orchard had been very small and of little value. 



Under the supervision of the Horticultural Department, the work 



n-juvcnating this orchard was begun. First the trees were 



pruned, the tops thinned out and headed back and the old stubs left 



< i>r(vions pruner were cut off. The ground was plowed and 



plant i-d tf) potatoes. The potatoes were supposed to have been heav- 



