APPLES 239 
Average Yield in Bushels and Average Income Per Acre of Sod and Tilled Orchards 
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1902 
STHOD OF TREATMENT | | OF 
METHO Number Number Average Average 
orchards acres | yield income 
Tilled ten years or more.... ..... 57 645 186 $134 
Tilled five years or more.... ....... 22 185 | 139 88 
Tilled at least three years ........... 10 88 165 104 
Sod at least three years... .... 2... 8 93 | 157 58 
Sod five years or more... eae 4 44 | 145 83 
Sod ten years or more ... . ......... 14 144 | 181 105 
1903 
Tilled ten years Or more.............. 100 1,040 408 $148 
Tilled five years or more.. . a 40 405 326 117 
Tilled at least three years ... ..... 27 368 214 141 
Sod at least three years... .. ... .. 18 353 278 82 
Sod five years ormore.. ... .... 18 292 280 127 
Sodtenyearsormore.. ... .., 31 281 | 264 103 
1904 
Tilled ten years or more.... . ....... 117 | 1,203 282 | $126 
Tilled five years or more..... ...... 55 573 224 125 
Tilled at least three years ........ 44, 239 230 131 
Sod at least three years.. ........... 53 767 174 87 
Sod five years or more.... .......... 20 566 171 83 
Sod ten years or more.... —...... 8 338 160 | 84 
1905 
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Tilled ten years or More.............. 28 | 406 258 $71 
Tilled five years or more............. 20 | 179 312 91 
Tilled at least three years............ 18 182 300 49 
Sod at least three years.............. 48 577 271 | 53 
Sod five years or more............... 35 450 218 | 37 
Sod ten years or more................ 13 146 __ 192 | 35 
1906 
Tilled ten years or more......... .... 34 | 342 261 $121 
Tilled five years or more............. 22 ! 309 270 80 
Tilled at least three years............ 16 | 240 285 60 
Sod at least three years.............. 38 | 434 165 57 
Sod five years or more............... 37 338 170 51 
| 332 165 48 
Sod ten years or more............ .. | 29 
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The results for Orleans county (New York Bul. No. 229) furnish an interesting 
comparison (four of the calendar years are the same in the two cases): 
Average Yield in Bushels and Income Per Acre of Tilled and Sod Orchards 
All Orchards Five-year Average Per Acre 
Method of Treatment Bushels Income 
Tilled tem yearS OF MOC .i.ceccececccecccccnsnecccescscececceseccececccecececseean qeevsceneceseectacasees 327 $182 
Tilled five yearS OF MOLEC ........eeccccececccccceceecocsececsecccececsuceesesteceseesesececstenecneresens 274 138 
Tilled over half of preceding five years... cecccccceeccccecee ceseeceeeeseeesseneeces 225 113 
Sod over half of preceding five years... eceececceceececee cecenesceueseneeeeesecees 222 107 
SOd five PeEarsS OF MOC ....o.cccccccccceccececcecenscceccencecccecccececcceseccectectsreseeveceeeeeeseneeess 204 108 
SOd COM YEATS OF MOC... eececnccsseescancecucecerecencenceccessnsecececeneen ceseecserecsenenseeceeses 176 87 
