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CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS. 



Profit from Spraying an Orchard of 100 Trees. 



Average gross profit per tree, at $1.25, 



Four sprayings at 23 cents, or say 25 cents, per tree, 



20 per cent, on $40 invested in the best outfit, . 



$25 00 

 8 00 



Net profit, 

 Less cost of outfit, . 



$125 00 



33 00 



$92 00 

 40 00 



Net profit for first year (80 per cent, on total investment), 



$52 00 



The oi-ehardist who sprays need not fear brown-tail or gipsy 

 moth; his regularity of treatment anticipates and prevents the 

 attack. 



Influence of Tillage and Feeding. — ■ We have been able to study 

 this question with some care in the course of an examination of 

 10^000 acres of orchard land in western New York. The evidence 

 in favor of tillage as the most reliable of all methods of managing 

 the soil of the orchard is unmistakably convinciag. The orchard 

 tree must be treated as a sufficient crop unto the soil, and not 

 as a mere extraneous adjunct in the management of the farm. 

 There are several methods of manipulating the soil of the orchard, 

 but none gives as large an average return as cultivation. We have 

 found that the yield is increased from 30 to 30 barrels per acre, 

 at a cost of $8 to $10. This added product should yield a gross 

 return of $40 to $60, or a net return of $30 to $50 per acre. The 

 following figures for 20,000 acres in Wayne County, New York, 

 give this information in detail : — 



Four-1-ear Averages per Acre. 



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Tilled five years or more, 



Tilled most years, 



Sod most years, tilled occasionally, 



Sod five years or more, 



For Orleans County the returns are higher : — 



Five-year Average per Acre. 



Bushels. 

 266 

 229 

 202 

 148 



