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The Florists' Review 



Afuil 13. 1922 



FUTUEE OF OBCHABDINa. 



(CoucluUod from page 'J6.) 



Before the war, apple growers in the 

 central west found it fairly profitable 

 to grow apples, spray them thoroughly, 

 and put them on the cars at 50 cents a 

 bushel or $1 per hundred pounds in 

 bulk. Ten to 20 cents per bushel would 

 put this fruit on Chicago or other large 

 markets, so that it could be sold for 60 

 or 75 cents per bushel and give the 

 grower a fair return. Pre-war freight 

 rates made it cost the northwest grower 

 50 to 60 cents per bushel to get his ap- 

 ples to these markets, so that the 

 grower of the central west could market 

 his fruit at a profit in competition with 

 the grower of the Pacific coast, while 

 he was getting only freight charges. 

 Figures taken by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture on cost of 

 production items in the northwest, in- 

 cluding labor, material, investment, in- 

 surance, taxes, etc., showed that it cost 

 about 80 cents per bushel box to pro- 

 duce fruit in that section, which, added 

 to the freight at that time of 50 to 60 

 cents, made a total cost of putting 

 the fruit on these markets at $1.30 

 to $1.40 per bushel. Present freight 

 rates make this cost considerably 

 higher. While the cost of production 

 and also freight charges have increased 

 in about the same proportion for the 

 grower of the central west, the differ- 

 ence in cost of production in these sec- 

 tions is wider than it was before the 

 war. 



Our 40-acre orchard produced about 

 75,000 bushels of apples during one 

 7-year period. And during the life of 

 these trees, which ranged from 25 to 

 30 years, this orchard produced more 

 than 100,000 bushels of apples, or aver- 

 aged about 100 bushels per acre an- 

 nually, from the time the trees were 

 set until they were cut out after a 

 large proportion of them had died. Sev- 

 eral crops of this orchard approached 

 $10,000 in value, and each of these 

 crops would have paid for the land 

 on which the trees stood, and left 

 enough extra money to pay for the care 

 of the orchard during those particular 

 years. The net profits, after deducting 

 all expenses, including planting, culti- 

 vation, pruning, spraying, harvesting 

 and the cost of several hand sprayers 

 and three power sprayers, all of which 

 were not worn out on this orchard, was 

 about $43,000. 



The never-failin£f 



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 INSECTONOS 



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KILLS 



not only many of the 



INSECTS 



in the greenhouse but 

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Prop. Insectonos Laboratory 

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