UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 851 



Office of the Secretary 



Contribution from Office of Farm Management 

 H. C. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



July 30, 1920 



COST OF PRODUCING APPLES IN FIVE 



COUNTIES IN WESTERN 



NEW YORK, 1910-1915 



By 



G. H. MILLER, Assistant Agriculturist 



CONTENTS 



Introduction . . . 

 Summary of Results 



Labor 



Farm Investment . 

 Farm Organization . 



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 7 



The Orchards 9 



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 12 



Orchard Management 



Handling the Crop ........ 29 



Summary of Costs 39 



Influence of Yield Per Acre on Cost Per 



Barrel 43 



Prices Received for Fruit 46 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1920 



