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BULLETIN 338, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XII. — Cabbage transplanters — relation of work done annually to service and cost 
per acre and per day used on 217 farms. 
Range of area covered annually acres. . 
ltolO. 
Hand 
over. 
Average. 
Number of records included 
139 
6.2 
13.2 
81.8 
22 
78 
28.8 
11.9 
283._2 
Average area covered annually acres. . 
12.5 
12 8 
160 
Days actually used during life 
43 
Cost when new 
S15.00 
11.74 
19.14 
$45. 00 
18.56 
17.37 
S45 00 
14 46 
18 56 
75.88 
80.93 
78 02 
Cost of cabbage transplanter: 
$3.45 
.927 
SI. 05 
.285 
SI. 81 
487 
For the use of a transplanter costing $45 there are charges for 
replacement and interest averaging $0.28 per acre for depreciation 
and $0,114 per acre for interest at 6 per cent. 
The repairs on cabbage transplanters average $0,091 per acre or 
$0,336 per day used. The average transplanter costs about $45 and 
the repairs necessary during its life amount to about 36 per cent of 
the original outlay for the machine. 
ENGINE SPRAYER. 
The average cost of repairs for gasoline-engine-operated spraying 
outfits is $0.27 per day (Table XIII). The number of trees per acre 
is so variable that it is most convenient to consider repair charges on 
the basis of the tree rather than the acre. 
Table XIII. — Cost of repairs for gasoline-engine-driven power sprayers in western New 
York. 
Days used annually. 
Cost of repairs. 
Number 
report- 
ing. 
Range. 
Average. 
Per 
sprayer 
annually. 
Per day 
used. 
1 to 5 
3.9 
9.0 
13.6 
19.2 
37.6 
SI. 05 
3.35 
5.06 
5.44 
5.85 
SO. 27 
.37 
.37 
.28 
.16 
41 
140 
71 
52 
55 
6 to 10 
11 to 15 
16 to 20 
21 and over... 
Average 
15.2 
4.11 
.27 
359 
The average number of trees that can be sprayed in a day with a 
gasoline-engine outfit is about 220, the trees having an average height 
and spread of 18 to 20 feet. The average repair cost per tree amounts 
