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TABLE 45] 



Apples— Costs on New York Farms, 1934, 1935, and 1936* 



Crop year 



Number of farms 



Bushels marketable apples per acre 



Acres of apples per farm 



Growing costs per acre: 



Interest, taxes, depreciation on trees, etc . . 



Nitrogenous fertilizer 



Manure 



Cover crop 



Spray and dust materials 



Labor 



Horse 



Tractor 



Sprayer and other equipment 



Miscellaneous 



Total growing cost 



Costs per bushel: 



Growing 



Harvesting: 



Labor 



Other 



Total harvesting 



Storing and selling: 



Packages 



Commission, storage, transportation . . . . 



Labor 



Equipment 



Use of buildings 



Other 



Total storing and selling 



Total cost per bushel 



Less: Packages, commission, storage, transpor- 

 tation 



Ciders, wood, pasture 



Net cost per bushel 



Total returns per bushel 



Less: Packages, commission, storage, transpor- 

 tation 



Net returns per bushel 



Profit per bushel 



Returns per hour of labor 



1934 

 23 

 131 

 37.3 



$15.70 

 2.13 

 1.77 

 0.05 

 10.55 

 11.44 

 2.06 

 1.96 

 5.72 

 3.19 



$54.57 



$0.42 



0.09 

 0.03 



$0.12 



0.07 

 0.05 

 0.02 

 0.01 

 0.01 

 0.02 



$0.18 

 $0.72 



0.12 

 0.01 



$0.59 

 $0.87 



0.12 



$0.75 

 $0.16 



$0.52 



1935 

 24 

 180 

 36.5 



$13.59 

 2.42 

 2.19 

 0.10 

 11.12 

 11.97 

 1.60 

 2.02 

 6.57 

 3.56 



$55.14 



$0.30 



0.10 

 0.02 



$0.12 



0.09 

 0.08 

 0.04 

 0.01 

 0.01 

 0.02 



$0.25 

 $0.67 



0.17 

 0.02 



$0.48 

 $0.67 



0.17 



$0.50 

 $0.02 



$0.34 



1936 

 21 

 155 



38.7 



$13.90 

 2.28 

 2.19 

 0.13 

 11.11 

 13.22 

 1.37 

 2.15 

 5.04 

 4.22 



$55.61 



$0.36 



0.10 

 0.03 



$0.13 



0.08 

 0.06 

 0.05 

 0.01 

 0.01 

 0.02 



$0.23 

 $0.72 



0.14 

 0.03 



$0.55 

 $1.00 



0.14 



$0.86 

 $0.31 



$0.79 



* Department of Agricultural Econoimcs and Farm Management, New York State 

 College of Agriculture. 



