268 REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY OF THE 
TABLE XVJ.— SHOWING RESULTS oF BUSINESS EXPERIMENTS IN 1907. 


Total Cost 
; Number Increase Net 
EXPERIMENT. irish of times in yield ee ore Be enn profit per 
. sprayed. per acre. per eee spraying. acre. 
Acres. Bu 
Batavia. sees 13 4 8.9 $3 63 $0.91 $3 04 
GensSeorteciath sbie Lig 6-7 1.5 LSwOd Take —12 62 
AndoVerue den ee ae 5 5 38.8 4 67 93 14 73 
Interlaken... 8.25 4 al 4-55 1 14 12 50 
East Syracuse... 4 6 42 6 93 i at Us 24 57 
Veronal cud tee 10 2 51 4 00 2 00 SLA 
Denmark... 6 5 50.2 7 84 ale ay7/ 17 26 
Ogdensburgh . 4 4 eae 6 22 area! 4 34 
since Oat aa fi 4 42 Auth ee MO 16 89 
Plattspurel 7, eee 11 4 135.3 5 24 esa 82 70 
Greenwich.. 10 3-4 21.8 5 24 1aSt 5 66 
Brewster. sone ie 6 2 Siew eye 1 16 —12 88 
Jamesport. ae iW 5 24.9 4 41 88 13 64 
pavaponacke 2) ue 34 10 67.9 TORS Lox 37 40 


SUMMARY OF BUSINESS EXPERIMENTS, 1903-1907. 
The following table shows the results of the farmers’ business 
experiments for five years, 1903 to 1907 inclusive: 
TABLE XVII. SHOWING RESULTS oF BUSINESS EXPERIMENTS, 1903-I9QO7. * 
_— 


Average Average 
Number Total Average total cost Average 
YEAR. of experi- area picker cost of per acre net profit 
ments. sprayed. aie spraying for each per acre. 
Ponty per acre. | spraying. , 
A Bu. 
LOO33R Re ae eee 6 O12 ae $4 98 $1 07 $23 47 
LOOSE BPE Bon 14 180 62.2 4 98 93 24 86 
LOUD A eet ee aos 13 160.7 46.5 4 25 98 20 04 
TOOG ee 8 caidas 15 225.6 42.6 5 18 9 85 13 89 
VETO es AGE, ees Mire ae tells 14 TDZeco 36.8 5 90 ISLS L7L07 



Average increase in yield, for five years, 49 bu. per acre. 
verage net profit, for five years, $19.86 per acre. 
t Seven sprayings cost $13.37, but it should be observ ed (see p. 255) that each so-called 
application was in reality, 1% applications. Hence, the cost of a single application was $1.15, 
