THE APPLE INDUSTRY IN FREDERICK COUNTY, VA. 



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Table 19. — Summary of -production and returns on 1^8 orchard farms of different 

 sizes and different yields of apples; average for 1916-1920 



Over 50 acres of 

 bearing orchard 



Item 



Production of apples per farm barrels. 



Yield of apples per acre do 



Barreled do 



Culls do.... 



Receipts per farm dollars.. 



Farm income per farm do 



Labor income per farm do 



Return on capital per cent.. 



A'alue of operator's labor . dollars. 



ORCHARD OPERATION AND PRODUCTION 



The operators of the better yielding orchards had more equip- 

 ment, more money with which to operate, used more labor, and 

 spent more money in the care of their orchards than did the operators 

 of the poorer yielding orchards. (See Table 20.) 



Table 20. — Organization of 48 orchard farms of different sizes and of different 

 producing capacities; average for 1916—1920 



Organization factors 



50 acres and less o 

 bearing orchard 



Yields per acre 



40 barrels 

 or less 



Over 40 

 barrels 



Over 50 acres of 

 bearing orchard 



Yields per acre 



40 barrels 

 or less 



Over 40 



barrels 



Farms number.. 



Size of farm acres.. 



Tillable land per farm do 



Crops outside of orchard do 



Fruits interplanted in orchard do 



Total orchard per farm do 



Bearing orchard per farm do 



10 to 14 years of age... do 



15 to 19 years of age .' . do 



20 to 24 years of age do 



25 to 29 years of age do 



Over 30 years of age do 



Xonbearing (under 10 years) do 



Total labor per farm months.. 



Picking and packing labor (hired) do 



Other hired labor do 



Operator's labor do 



Family labor do 



Work stock per farm number.. 



Farms having tractors in 1920 do 



Farms having auto trucks in 1920 do 



Expenses: 



Preharvest dollars.. 



Harvest do 



Valuation of farm do 



Real estate . do 



Other capital do 



Machinery * do 



Workstock do 



Other livestock do 



C ash and supplies do 



17 

 102 



16.1 

 5.3 



1 



3 



25 



34.9 



6.4 



15.0 



12.0 



1.5 



2.9 



4 



1,518 



1,174 



22.304 



20, 537 



1,767 



319 



299 



437 



712 



72 

 23.2 



12 



3 



3 



2 



14 



40.7 



10.8 



15.0 



12.0 



2.9 



3.1 



2 



2,137 



1,975 



23, 852 



21,754 



2,098 



501 



354 



383 



8 



219 



190 



49.1 



100 



82 



20 



30 



20 



7 



5 



18 



71.6 



28.1 



30.9 



12.0 



2 



5 



3,545 



4,178 

 2.479 

 7,175 

 5,304 

 745 

 851 

 1,103 

 2,605 



10 



201 



175 



38.5 



115 



96 



21 



41 



18 



6 



10 



19 



106.2 



51.2 



41.8 



12.0 



1.2 



6.8 



7 



4 



5,567 

 7.536 



68. 874 



62. 414 



6,460 



1,431 



907 



887 



3, 235 



