APPENDIX 



Table S. — Important Commercial Forms of Nitrogen. 



395 



x The amount of nitrogen varies, of course, with the grade. 



Table 4. — Important Forms of Phosphorus. 



Acid phosphate 



Steamed bone meal . 

 Rock phosphate . . . . 



Pounds phosphorus 

 per ton 



125 

 250 

 250 



Cost per ton 



$15.00 



25.00 



7.00 



Approximate cost 

 per pound 



$ .12 

 .10 



.03 



Table 5. — Important Forms of Potassium 



COST OF A YOUNG PEACH ORCHARD 



The following table shows a summary of the cost and income from a fifteen- 

 acre orchard at Wooster, Ohio, for each of the first six years, when the trees 

 had reached their best paying age. (Ohio Station) . 



Summary for the First Six Years of a Peach Orchard — 15 Acres 



Net profit on field for six years $3,367.68 



Average annual profit 561.28 



Average annual profit per acre 37.41 



Total yield of peaches 4,192 bu. 



Average price obtained per bushel 1.31 



Total cost for six years, excluding cost of corn crop and deducting 



rebate from nursery company 2,395.08 



Average cost per bushel as obtained from total cost .57 



Average net profit per bushel .74 



