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Table ZOi - Vineyards maiufed during S-^year period, 1B34»'1920, by areas 









:PercentagG 





. "• ■-•■YiEoyards- maniirod 



• 



of vineyards 



Area 



:D year :1 year: 2 years:5 years:4 yeqrs; 



,5 years; 



, manured 





; in 5 : in 5 : .in 5 : in 5 : in .5 ! 



: in 5 : 



; 1/ 





iNiirabei' tNumber:' .NumberT ■ Num ' Ifumber'i 



; Nttraber; 



; Percent 



Chautauqua Co., N.Y.l 



! IZ i 4 : . 5 : ■ 5 : . 5 ! 



1 . 71 '. 



; . 78^8 



Michigan .: 



6 : : 2 : ■ 6 : • 1 : 3 ; 



; 33 : 



; 73.4 



Finger Lakes, N,Y, : 



! 16 : 9 : . 0:3: .4 : 



; ., 56 : 



: 66,9 



North East, pa» 



: 10 : 4 : - 2:2: 



: 3.0 • 



: 64.7 



Niagara Co., N.Yi ; 



; 2 : 2 : 4 : 2 : .2 ; 



; 6 ; 



: 62.1 



Hudson Valley, N.Y, : 



: 8 : 3 : 2-: •, 1 :' 2 ; 



1 17 ! 



; 61.2 



Az"*kansas (19E5-1929): 



! 9 : 10 : 8 :•■ " ' 5 'l 4 ; 



: 11 ; 



r 45.2 



airard. Pa. : 



; 2 :. 2 : - : - : - ■ 



*** 



; 15.6 



Total or average j 



; 65 : 56 :^ 36 : 17 ; 21 



: 224 : 



; 65.7 



17" The sum of the years vineyards wore imnux}fi<i v/as divided by the suni of the 

 years vineyards v;ere studied and the quotient/multiplied by 100. In addition 

 to the 399 vineyards shovm in this table for v/hich maniuring practices were 

 reported for 5 years, there wore included 154 other vineyards for v/hich 

 practices were reported for 1 to 4 years. 



Cost of Use 



About two thirds Qf the manure applied to vineyards was handled by 

 a crew qf 1 man;and 2 horses. (Ifcblo 21.) This was the most economical crev/. 

 An extra ,.nnn increased the cost of 'application per ton, and one horse was not 

 as efficient as two* 



Throe fourths of the mamxr.^e was handled in v/agons and one fourth in 

 spreaders. In a given length of time, 1 man and 2 horses handled with 

 spreaders 55 percent more manure than with iiqgons* Tho cost of 1 man and 2 

 horses per ton of m.anure handled averaged $1.20 with wagons and f #73 with 

 spreaders. If the charge for tho use of spreader did not exceed the charge 

 for the. use of the wagon by $ .46 per ton, then it v/as more economical to use 

 a spreader. Many gr-'pe growers get along without a spreader because they have 

 little manure. The usefulness of a spreader v.as linitad in the interplanted 

 vineyards in the Hudson Valley and' in the vineyards on tho steep hillsid.es in 

 the Finger Lakes. In Michigan 4^ percent and in Chautauqua County 15 percent 

 of the growers v/ho applied manure to their vineytards used spreaders. 



Manure was charged to vineyards at what the grower estimated it was 

 worth. The estimated value of the manure at tho barn plus the cost of hauling 

 and spreading averaged $3.67 per ton. At the average rate of 4.75 tons, the 

 manure charge per acre averaged ;rA*7.43. The cost of fertilizer per acre ferti- 

 lized was only $7,58 or lass than half the manure cb/\rse> Put tho fertilizer 

 had to be bought whereas tho manure \ms largely prodtrC©^ on the farm. 



