6 BULLETIN 851, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table I. — Average size of farm and of bearing orchard, and average investment 

 per farm and per acre (218 farms, western New York, 1910-1915, inclusive). 



Wavne. 



Ontario. 



Monroe . 



Orleans. 



Niagara. 



Number of records 



Average acreage: 



Total 



In bearing apple orchard 



Average investment: 



Total 



Land and improvement 



In bearing apple orchard 



Equipment 



Horses 



Other stock 



Average investment per acre: 



Total J 



Apple orchard 



Per cent value of apple orchard is of total 



investment per farm 



Per cent value of apple orchard is of land 

 and improvement investment per 



farm 



Per cent of farm in apple orchard 



Horses per farm . 



103. 34 

 13.88 



$24, 181. 08 



$21, 089. 77 



$7, 0^4. 55 



SI, 129. 32 



$945. 00 



$518.00 



$237. 48 

 $499. 58 



32.93 



38.65 

 14.53 

 4.9 



42 



139. 21 

 11.31 



$21, 437. 30 

 $17, 645. 83 

 $4, 331. 65 

 $1, 326. 33 

 $1, 147. 00 

 $804. 00 



$163. 88 

 S373. 12 



26.62 

 10.36 

 6.0 



116. 03 

 13.31 



$26, 838. 91 



$23, 616. 13 



$7, 359. 83 



$1,079.13 



$1, 150. CO 



$541. 00 



$241. 84 

 $561. 11 



33.69 

 12. 97 

 5.5 



50 



121. 10 

 17.04 



$28, 517. 43 



$2.5, 202. 75 



$10,517.84 



81, 144. c8 



$1,186.00 



$480. 00 



$251. 30 

 $629. 58 



36. 26 



41.25 

 15.11 

 5.6 



35 



113.24 

 13.97 



S25, 449. 60 



$22,379.64 



$6, 638. 57 



$1,121.43 



$1,134.00 



$376.00 



8232. 67 

 $475.00 



31.63 

 13. 66 

 5.9 



OPERATIONS 



JAN 



FEB 



MAR 



APR 



MAY 



JUN 



JUL 



AUG 



SEP 



OCT 



NOV 



DEC 



MAN 

 HRS. 



HORSE. 

 HRS. 



MANUR E 









_. 



















7.6 



15.2 



PRUNE 









— - 

















.... 



3i.8 





BRUSH 



























8.1 



7.6 









FERTILIZE 



PLOW 



CULTIVATE 





























1.4 



2 8 

 12.0 

 18.5 



























6.0 

 8 5 



























THIN 





























23.1 





PROP 



























43 

 1 7 



3.6 

 2.2 



COVER CROP 

























• 



SPRAY * 



















'- 









24.0 

 50.0 

 3 6.7 

 i 1.0 

 62 



240 













PICK 

 PACK 

 MARKET 





















































22.0 

 4.9 



























CULL LABOR 



























AVERAGE ANNUAL TIME 



170 



90 



Fig. 5. — Seasonal distribution of operations with average time per acre in bearing 

 apple orchards, western New York. The average time is given for each operation, 

 though the sum of these figures does not. necessarily show the labor expended an- 

 nually, as a grower may not practice each operation every year. There was an 

 average annual expenditure of 170 man hours and 90 horse hours per acre on the 

 farms studied. 



The total equipment investment per farm was $1,158.64, of which 

 about $210 represented the spray outfit. The equipment investment 

 outside of the spray outfit was $7.75 per acre. 



Table II gives the average total working capital per farm, the 

 number of horses, hogs, cattle, etc., and the average investment per 

 farm in stock and horses. Working capital is considered to include 

 investment in equipment, live stock, and supplies on hand. 



•praying includes one dormant and three lead arsenate sprays. 



