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BULLETIN 32, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



Table V. — Cost of and income from renovating an old 80-tree apple orchard on 



the English farm. 



Renovation. 



Cost. 



Income. 



Gross 

 receipts. 



Net 

 receipts. 





So 

 6 

 6 



8 

 2 



3 



10 



50 



400 bushels from 30 trees: 



100 bushels of early fall apples, 



at 50 to 75 cents per bushel 



280 bushels of first-class winter 



apples, at $1 per bushel 



20 bushels of seconds, at 50 



$70 



2S0 



10 





Plowing 





Thomas slag for fertilizer (one-half 

 ton) 









Spraying (twice): 





Total 









Picking, at 5 cents per bushel, and 

 marketing, at 5 cents per bushel, etc 1 





Total 



90 



360 

 90 







Deduct cost of renovation 



Average gross income per tree 



$270 





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i The total cost stated includes all incidental expenses in connection with picking and marketing. 



Pig. 5. — View of the English farm, showing the general topography of the hill land 

 in southern New York and the stony character of much of the Volusia soil. The 

 field in the foreground is the one in which the young apple orchard was set. 



The result of one year's work in this old orchard is at least ten 

 times its income in former years. 



SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS ON THE HILL FARM. 



It was necessary to make a number of improvements on the hill 

 farm in 1911. The barn was repaired at a cost of $100. Old fences 

 were torn down to make ready for new ones, and the fence posts and 

 wire purchased. Eighty apple trees were set in a 3-acre field adjoin- 

 ing the old apple orchard at a cost of $35 (trees, $20; labor, etc., 



