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TABLE 33 



Effect of Soil Drainage and Size of Orchard on Labor Income 

 Newfane-Olcott, Niagara County 





Farms Divided into 3 Groups 





According to the Size of Apple 





Orchard of Bearing Age 



Year 

















Median Averages 





Low 



Middle 



High 





Third 



Third 



Third 



Labor income 









WeU-drained soils 









1933 



$ 516 



$1684 



$ 912 



1934 



604 



640 



1438 



1935 



-214 



84 



-33 



1936 



937 



1766 



4011 



1937 



485 



-51 



20 



1938 



216 



1083 



1502 



Average 



$ 424 



$ 868 



$1308 



Soils not so well drained 









1 OQQ 



$-69 



$-184 



$-14 



1934 



44 



-14 



262 



1935 



-78 



-100 



-227 



1936 



217 



409 



790 



1937 



-56 



-42 



-268 



1938 



-5 



-98 



141 



Average 



$ 9 



$ -5 



$ 114 



irrigation is to be practiced, should hold moisture in top soil 

 and subsoil reasonably well. 



4. Determining Time of Planting. Early spring is on the 

 whole the best time to plant, It should be done as soon as 



