390 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
“A summary of the cost of the orchard, the net income from the crop, the in- 
come from the orchard, and the profit and loss by years for the eight years brings ys 
to the meat of the whole matter.” 
Summary of Costs for Hight Years—Field A—6.6 Acres 
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| Net Income 
| Orchard 
Y Crop Grown Income | from Profit 
ent P from | Orchard Cost of 
Crop 
1903 | Corn... cc cee ce cece cece ewes $15.17 |......... $109.87 |... . ..| $ 94.70 
1904 | Beans.......... ccc eee eee eee 42.57 |... ce. ae 216.16 |... . 173.59 
1905 | Beans. ...... 0.0 ccc ee ee eee 48.18 |......... 83.78 |. 65 
1906 | Beans.......... 0. cece eee eee 120.90 |......... 80.14 | $40.76 ......... 
1907 | Beans. ....... 0. eee eee eee 88.85 |.....- 06s 84.97 |.......0, 46.12 
1908 | Corn.............. ree 37.68 |......... 64.22 |.. | 26.54 
1909 | Oats and Strawberries.......... 100.61 | $27.88 84.73 A3.76 bo... 0... 
1910 | Wheat........... 0. eee eee ee | 60 70 38.65 96.35 3.00 ...... ; 
* $459.61 | $66.53 | $820.22 | $87.52 | $381.60 
Net loss on field for eight years........ 0.6... e cece eee eens $294.08 
Average annual 1oss........ 2.0 e cece cette teen tents beeen ne . $388.76 
Total cost per acre, exclusive of Income............-. eee eee eee eee . $124.27 
Total cost per acre, including income... ........ 6. cee eee , 4455 
Total net cost per 100 trees..... 0.6 eee eee ne ae 62.97 
Total net cost per apple tree... 06... ee eee ener tee 1.37 
Total net cost per apple tree, exclusive of income.................. 06... eee, , 3.80 
Total labor cost per acTe. 1.2... cece eee eee eee ete tee - 35.09 
Total cash cost Per ACTE.. 6... ence eee eter tenet ent t ee ns ; 89.19 
*No allowance is made for what could have been raised on the land if no trees had occu- 
pied it. This amounted on the average to $4.00 per acre year, which should be added to cost.—Kd. 
Summary of the Cost of a Four-Year-Old Apple and Peach Orchard—Same as Above 
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Net | Income 
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from Orchard | Orchard 
rop 
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1908 | Beans.............. ccc eee ees $63.37 |......... $180.12 |......... $62.75 
1909 | Beans........... 0.0... cee eee 66.70 |......00- 08 |... eee. 18.83 
1910 | Beans... 0.00.0... . cc eee ee eee 79.81 |......... 83.89 [......... 3.58 
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Total cost per acre, exclusive of income........ 0. cee ee ene teeter ees $72.10 
Total cost per acre, including income... 2.1... cee eens 9.47 
Total net cost per apple tree. ... 0... cc cee cee tenet teen eens 3.76 
Total net cost per apple tree, excluding income............. 0... cece eee 2.85 
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