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exactly the same as the cost in some other 
states where the labor is more or less 
than in Nebraska, or where the raw mate- 
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
rials may be more or less, but this will 
assist in reaching a conclusion as to What 
would be the probable cost. 
Number of orchards SPVayed...... eee. ceccceceeseesseeceeee ceesenen seen eee conertencaensesaceescees 16 
Total number of tre€S SPVAyed.......... ee eeeecee ceceee ceseeeee enenenneerenec tees enneaece teneeteeetes 3,300 
AVETAZE AGES Of LTCCS....ne ee eeeccceecee cernesseencecnee ceeeetenaeee ssensate cesetenessee ttadansesenecereecereees 18 years 
Average number of SprayingS PCY YOQM.....---.--eseecececcenceteeeensee ceeneteeeeme seen sees enes 4 
Average quantity of spray per tree CACH Year... eesececceceneseeeeseeceenceee sees 18 gallons 
Average quantity of spray per acre (50 tr@@S) uu... eeeecneeceesestemerececeeeeess 650 
Average cost of spray material per 100 gallONs uu... eee ceeereceeeeeeeeeeees $0.87 
Average cost of applying spray per 100 gallons... eee eect eeeeeees $0.98 
Average total cost of spraying per 100 gallons... seen eee escecteetens $1.85 
Average annual cost of spray material per tre@ i... eee lee seecececeeeeeees 11.3 cents 
Average annual cost of applying spray per 2 = 12.7 * 
Average total annual cost of Spraying Per tLe... eee eee eeneeneneececeee 24.0 * 
Average total annual cost of spraying per acre (50 trees)... $12.00 
Results of Spraying 
Average annual yield and value per acre (estimated on basis of 50 trees)— 
Sprayed Trees 
Marketable fruit 2... .c. cee cee cee case sees ceceeecotenseren coceacee enue cereseesecanence sneasene sasecoemsees 220 bu. $114.40 
Culls amd Windfalls.... cece cece cee cece cone cece eenecene cece tennccng cree seemed neeeeneemeea senate 55 bu. 3.30 
275 bu $117.70 
Unsprayed Trees 
Marketable frit no. eee cee eee e cee nece coseneanueee seta cceesenseneccenene seca sec setenseneneeaaes 90 bu. $36.90 
Cullis amd Wind falls 2... ce ees cee ence cece ceaceeen neve cece coeescsnesee aeseaetnnnecsenepesaeeeens 85 bu. 4,35 
175 bu $41.15 
Summary 
Difference between sprayed and unsSprayed tre@@S..0.0.. eee ececececce ence secaceceeseeeectseeees $76.55 
Average COST Of SPTAVING 2... eee cee ccneeeeensee cece sens enenconenssnaesuaeassnenuuen suns cunn ceneacse ceseesecsecaaeenes 12.00 
Average net gain per acre (50 trees) from Spraying... lee cece ccceecee cree $64.55 
APPLE ORCHARD PROFITS an acre. Last year the apple crop in 
R. R. SLOAN 
Huron County, Ontario 
In a ten-acre orchard, the acre cost 
and expenditure for four years are given 
below. Ten acres usually contain about 
400 trees, or 40 trees to the acre, but as 
some of my trees are grafted and did not 
bear at the same time as the others, I 
will include only 350 trees. 
The first year we had 700 barrels of 
apples from these 350 trees, and they 
were sold at $1.65 a barrel on the ground, 
or $182 an acre. The varieties consisted 
of Ben Davis, Baldwin, Greening, Spy and 
King. In the following year, the crop 
was much lighter, only 250 barrels from 
the same area, at $1.50 a barrel, or $45 
an acre. In the third year we harvested 
750 barrels at $2.25 a barrel, or $192.80 
Huron county was almost a complete fail- 
ure. Nevertheless, we harvested nearly 
100 barrels off these 350 acres, at $3.75 to 
$4 a barrel, or $43 an acre, giving a total 
of $413.40 or $103.85 as the average for 
four years off trees from 17 to 20 years of 
age. 
Now, let us look at the cost of produc: 
tion and maintenance. It cost $2.35 an 
acre for plowing, $1.05 an acre for culti- 
vating three times, $3.75 an acre for prun- 
ing, $8 to $9 for three sprayings with 
Bordeaux mixture. Last year we used 
lime-sulphur, which cost a little more, for 
the first spraying, and arsenate of lead 
along with it, fertilizing at the rate of 
$2.50 an acre up to $3 for manure and 
ashes. It is sometimes difficult to get 
ashes, but we get a great deal of manure 
at 50 cents a load and draw it ourselves. 
