OPERATING COSTS OF A NEW YORK APPLE ORCHARD. 



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in any one year is comnionly charged to that year and the two years 

 following on the basis of 50, 30, and 20 per cent, respectively. 



In the Wellman orchard these cash costs proved to be 45 cents 

 per barrel in 1911 and 46 cents per barrel in 1912. Of these, the 

 barrel cost is the major portion, being 31 cents in 1911 and 42 cents 

 in 1912, or 69.7 per cent and 91.7 per cent, respectively, of all cash 

 costs. The complete record of cash costs is given in Table VI. 



No expense was incurred in 1912 for cover-crop seed, but this was 

 more than offset by the increase in the cost of barrels. 



Table VI. — Cash costs on the 14-74-acre Wellman apple orchard, containing 527 trees, 



for 1911 and 1912. 



Distribution of cost. 



Year and item of cost. 



Spray. 



Total. Per 

 i acre. 



Per 

 tree. 



Per 

 barrel. 



1911. 





S30. 77 



I 24. 85 



\ 15.04 

 }• 11.28 



} 5.28 



291. 41 

 39.47 



$2. 087 



1. 686 



1.020 

 .765 



.358 



19. 770 

 2.678 



SO. 058 



.047 



.029 

 .021 



.010 



.553 

 .075 



$0 033 



Spray materials used: 

 First spraying — 



$1.60 







16.00 

 4.69 







.026 





2.56 



6.88 

 8.16 



5.12 

 6.16 



2.40 

 2.88 





Second spraying— 







.016 



Third spraying — 







.012 



Fourth spraying — 







.006 



Barrels, 937, at SO. 311 



.311 







.042 













418. 10 



28. 364 



.793 



.446 









1912. 





18.46 



} 13. 70 



| 14.56 



| 17.43 



| 16.64 

 885. 78 



1. 252 



.929 



.988 



1.182 



1.129 

 60. 094 



.035 



.026 



.028 



.033 



.031 

 1.681 



.009 



Spray materials used: 

 First spraying — 



3.20 

 10.50 



6.16 

 8.40 



7.35 

 10.08 



4.90 

 11.74 







.006 



Second spraying — 







.007 



Third spraying — 







.008 



Fourth spraying — 







.008 



Barrels, 2,104, at S0.421 



.421 













966. 57 



65.574 



1.834 



.459 







1 Undiluted homemade solution: 36 pounds of lime, 80 pounds of sulphur, and 50 gallons of water. The 

 cost of labor is included. Rate of dilution, 1 gallon of lime and sulphur solution to 7 gallons of water. 



2 Undiluted commercial lime and sulphur: Rate of dilution, 1 gallon of lime and sulphur solution to 10 

 gallons of water. 



3 Items of seed cost: Clover, 180 pounds, at 16 cents; oats, 22 bushels, at 40 cents; turnips, 7.5 pounds, at 

 25 cents. 



