688 



SHALL I BE A FRUIT GROWER? 



tween the things he sells and the things he buys is to his ad- 

 vantage. This is known as purchasing power. The apple 

 producer is not so much interested in the price of the fruit as 

 he is in the number of bushels of apples or crates of berries 













1 































-Apple 



Prices 



































\ 



\ 



_ \ 

















N 







✓ 









V 



Taxes 













/ 1^ 



4-i- 



4— 









A 





\ 

 \ 



\ 

 \ 



> 















1 f 



/ / 

 // 



\ , 



Y 



\ 



A 







\ 





^ 



> — 











y 





A 

 f \ 





\ 



f 





\ 



/'Farm 



Wages 











/ 



1 

 1 

 1 













\Y 

 \\- 

















1 



✓ 













\ \ 































- 



\/ / 

 V 





^ — 













































































































































J910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 



Fig. 25L The relationship of apple prices to taxes and wages determines 

 to a large degree how high these prices really are. 



it will take to pay the taxes, to purchase a spray rig, or to 

 buy a sack of flour. It has been pointed out that there are 

 certain fixed costs which over a period of a few years do not 

 vary significantly. It does stand to reason then that the fruit 



