COST OF PRODUCING APPLES TN WESTERN COLORADO. 

 Table X. — Cultivation practices (125 ranches, western, Colorado). 



19 







Mesa. 





Delta. 



Montrose. 



All counties. 





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 u 



<-• in 



0° 



3 

 > 



o 



1 

 Eh 



O o 



1° 

 1 



3 



> 

 o 



a 



(-. 



o o 

 3 



o 

 $ 



■P 



1 



3 



>• 

 o 



s 



6 



O o 



<b 

 Ph 



4 



IH 



** in 



ao 

 1 



o 



e 



k 



o o 

 9 



Disk 



19 

 10 



25 

 18 

 35 



49 



1 

 3 



8 

 27 



6 

 38 



2 

 2 

 5 



24 

 3 



28 



1.8 



2 



1.8 



1.6 



1.2 



1 



2 



1.7 



1.3 



1.9 



1 



1 



2 

 2 



1.2 

 1.4 



1 

 1 



39 

 20 

 51 

 37 

 71 

 100 



2 



6 



16 



55 



12 



4 

 4 

 10 

 49 

 6 

 57 



36 

 23 

 14 



7 

 19 

 61 



11 

 11 

 3 

 9 



2 



1.5 



1.9 



2.1 



1.2 



1 



1.9 

 1.6 

 1 

 1.8 



59 

 38 

 23 

 12 

 31 

 100 



18 

 18 

 5 

 15 



8 

 6 

 5 

 1 

 8 

 15 



5 

 3 

 1 

 1 

 2 



4 

 3 

 2 



1.9 

 2.3 

 1.8 

 2 



1.6 



1 



2.4 



1.3 



2 



2 



2 



1 



1.8 



1 



3 



53 



40 

 33 

 7 

 53 

 100 



33 

 20 



7 



7 



13 



47 



27 

 20 

 13 



63 

 39 

 44 

 26 

 62 

 125 



' 17 

 17 

 12 

 37 



8 

 78 



15 

 12 

 10 

 31 

 8 

 57 



5 

 8 

 6 



14 

 4 



26 



1.9 

 1.8 

 1.8 

 1.8 

 1.3 

 1 



2.1 



1.6 

 1.3 



1.9 

 1.3 

 1 



1.9 

 1.4 

 1.6 

 1.5 

 1.3 

 1 



2 



1.5 



1.8 



1.6 



1.3 



1 



50. 4 





31.2 





35. 2 





20.8 



Float 



49.6 





100 



Irrigation. 

 Disk 



13.6 





13.6 





9.6 





29-. 6 



Float 



6.4 





33 

 9 



3 



7 



2 



22 



2 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 1 

 8 



1 



1.9 



1.4 



1.3 



1.9 



1 



1 



1.5 



1.7 



1.5 



1.3 



1 



1 



52 



15 

 12 



5 

 12 



3 

 35 



3 

 5 

 3 

 5 

 2 

 13 



62.4 



Irrigation. 

 Disk 



12 





9.6 





8 





24.8 



Float 



3 



7 



3 



2 



' 2 



■ 1.7 

 1 



2.3 



1 



3 



20 

 47 



20 

 13 

 13 



6.4 





45.6 



Irrigation. 

 Disk 



4 





3 



2 

 11 



1 

 13 



1.7 



1 



1.7 



1 



1 



6 



4 

 22 



2 

 26 



6.4 





4.8 





11.2 



Float 



2 

 5 



1.50 



1 



13 

 33 



3.2 





20.8 



Irrigation. 

 Disk 













1 



1 



2 









1 

 1 

 2 



1 



1 

 2 



0.8 





1 

 1 



1 

 2 



2 

 2 









0.8 





1 



2 



2 









1.6 



Float 













3 



1 



6 



2 



1 



3 









5 



1 



4 



Irrigation. 











Creasing is a universal practice before the first irrigation, and when 

 there are any cultivations between irrigations the operation is re- 

 peated. The next most prevalent practice in cultivation is the use 

 of the disk, followed by the float, spike-tooth, spring-tooth, and 

 lastly the cultivator, in the order named. In Table X, however, the 

 tools are named in the order in which they are used. 



The disk, usually a 4-foot or 6-foot extension disk, is used quite 

 generally on the alfalfa orchards in early spring and perhaps even 

 after one or two irrigations. The spring-tooth is used to some extent 

 on the sod orchards in early spring, but is largely confined to clean 

 cultivation. Spike-tooth, float, and the cultivator are almost en- 

 tirely confined to the clean-cultivation orchards. It should be 

 explained that in creasing there are two very distinct tools used, viz, 

 a cultivator which usually makes two or three furrows at a time and 

 the shovel plow, which makes but one. The' cultivator is the tool 

 most commonly used, except in sod orchards, where there are many 

 roots to contend with, where a shovel plow is usually used. In clean 

 cultivation one horse ordinarily can handle a shovel plow, but under 



