9. 



A crew of 1 nan and 2 horses nas usod to apply fertilizor by 3 growers out 

 of o very 10. This \7as the most efficient cron. (table 6*) 



Some grov/ors broadcast fertilizer uhilo harrcving, holding the reins 

 across the shoulders. If the vineyard vcis to be harrpv/ed after the ferti- 

 lizor TOs aTjplicd, one trip over the vineyard' was thu5 saved. 



Table 6. -Average cost "per acre of applying coriinercial fertilizer 

 with indicated croV/s, for all vineyards for which data wei*o 



• 'reported, 19E8 1/ 







* t 



• « 



'Labor and horse; 





« 

 < 



Cost of 



nan 







•Quanti-: 



work per acre ; 





• 

 a 



labor and horse 







: ty • : 



; for applying : 



[Cost per honr; 



ttork per acre 



Crew : 



;Yino- 

 ; yards 



: of : 

 : forti-: 



fertilizer : 







• • 





• • • 







.Apply- : 



.Hauling 







t lizor : 



Man : Hol*se : 



Man ' ; 



.Horse : 



ing : 



to faxm 





• 



: per • : 



labor : work : 



■labor • • 



; work : 



.ferti- : 



and 







: acre : 









ilizer ; 



nixing 





, Number j P ound s : 



Hours: Hours 



.Conta- : 



, , Gents : 



:Dollars: 



.Dollars 



By hand j 



: 48 



t 243 : 



; 1*8 : • - \ 



: 52.3': 



» — ■ J 



: 0^94 ' 



; 0.20. 



I'irlan - '1 horso : 



; ■ 66 



: 453- : 



i X . ijl « jj.% (Z) 



: 52.1 



: 30o7 ' 



: .99 : 



: .11 



1 irian -• 2 horses ; 



; ■ 80?' 



i 331* : 



; l;0 : -2.0 : 



! 44.8- 



: 18,9 : 



: •SS 



: .12 



2 'Men - 1 h6rso 



: 6 



: -706 * : 



; 2^0 : 'l.O ; 



: 48.0 •■ 



: 23.6 - 



: 1.20 



: .14 



2 mbn - 2 horses; 



: 45 



: 319 : 



; 1.4 : 1.4 ■ 



: 47.6 



: 22.3 « 



: .98 - 



I .14 



All other crev/s 



: 19 



: 269 . . ' 



\ (Zh^Cj -l i««-) 



; 34.5 



: 27.5 



: 2/1.15 : 



: .12 



All crews 



: 264 



: 341 



: 1.3 : 1,4 



: 46.1 



: 22.5 



: .91 



I .13 



IT Arkansas, 1929. 

 2/ Includes some cost 



for use of tractor 



Frequency of Application 



For all growers interviewe:! iiho reported fertilizor practices for 

 their vineyards for 5 3^onrs, 1924-1928, 3 out of 10 used no commercial ferti- 

 lizer on their vineyards during the o years and about 3 out of 10 aj^pliod 

 fertilizer droning each of the years, (feble 7«) In North East, Pa., throe 

 fourths of the r^ovcrs iiho' applied fertilizer during the 5-year period, applied 

 fertilizer in each of the years. In iiT kansas, whore fertilizers are not 

 usually applied to vineyards, only one fifth of the growers using fertilizer 

 during the 5 years,, applied it every :7car. 



