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Report oF THE HorRTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE 
acre of the two methods of management, not including harvest- 
ing, was $17.92 for the sod and $24.47 for tillage, giving a 
difference of $6.55 in favor of the sod. The average net income 
per acre for the sod plat was $71.52; the tilled plat $110.48; a 
difference of $38.91 in favor of tillage—an increase of 54 per 
ct. for tillage over the sod-mulch method of management. 
The 
outgo has been greater for the tilled plat but the income has 
been more than proportionately greater showing that cheap 
methods in an orchard are not necessarily the most remunera- 
tive. 
TaBLE VII.—ExXPENSE AND INCOME FROM SODDED AND TILLED PLATs. 
SoD PLAT—118 TREES. 




















Average income per acre, on basis of 27.2 trees, sod, $71.52; 
Percentage of increase of tillage over sod, 
tillage, $110.43. 
54 per ct. 




, Cut- Har- 
veer [Feri] Pram | Gi | Soray- athe! Total Nat 
& | grass 8 crop Pp 
1904 eee. $15 .05/$14 .623|/$19 .99) $58.224)$219.25| $327.14 | $225.76 
1905.) canis 18.60) 13.25 | 7.46) 44.27 | 82.89 166.47 330.28 
100 vanes 17.00} 15.12 | 3.36) 46.51.) 104.30) 186,29 154.96 
L907 eeetaa 8.37) 15.33 |: °3267| 73°84") 1388-07| " 239.28 7 ee 
1Q0S les —— 16.863} 6.14) 50.45 | 1738.43, 246.884, 353.864 
Total... ./$59.02/$75.19 $40 .62'$273.294 $717 .94/$1, 166 .064/$1, 552.023 
TILLED PLAT—121 TREES, 
Fert | Prun- | Culti- | Spray- Har- Total | Net 
Year ie ge ing is: Pray~ | vesting “ga . 
izer ing | vation ing expense income 
crop 
1904..... $15.05/$14.624, $33.75) $58.223) $210.90) $332.55 $185.34 
190532 18.60, 13.25 | 48.71); 44.27 96.85} 221.68 355 .60 
1906. sos 17.00} 15.12 | 30.30) 46.51 231.80; 340.73 392.42 
1907. 8.37, 18.31 46.63) 73.84 | 224.20). 371.35 800.31 
1908.40 9 ——| 22.104} 36.67| 50.45 | 338.59) 447.814) 723.414 
Total. .|$59 .02,$83 .41 Saal oe ee $1,102.34'$1 , 714.124/$2 , 457.08} 

