o give the
cost of producing apples in a mature apple orchard. Our bearing apple
orchard consists of 6.1 acres containing 234 trees. About one-half of
the trees, or 110, are 36 years old. The remainder are nearly 50 years
of age. As they are all in one block and handled together, the charges
cannot well be separated. One hundred and thirty-four of the trees are
Baldwins, 44 Twenty Ounce, 40 Tompkins County Kings, and the remainder
odd varieties. For the whole period of ten years the orchard has had
very good care and attention.

A cover crop was not sown every year, but when it was used the charge
was made against the orchard. The manure charge, omitted because of
uncertainty as to the exact amount applied and as to its real value,
is the only thing lacking in this table.

Two or three sprayings have been made every year. Until 1909, Bordeaux
mixture and Paris green were used, but since then the commercial
brands of lime sulphur and arsenate of lead have taken their place,
nearly doubling the cost of the spray material. The average cost of
the material for spraying has been $2.50 per acre, or nearly three and
one-half cents per barrel of apples harvested. In 1910 this cost was
$3.92 per acre and seven cents a barrel.

TABLE SHOWING THE ITEMS OF EXPENSE IN PRODUCING APPLES IN A SIX ACRE
ORCHARD

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| | | | 5% | | | |
| Cover|Spraying| | int. | Equip.| O'vh'd| Labor | Total
Year | crop |mat. | Bar. |on inv.|charge |charge | cost | cost
-------+------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------
1902 | |$6.64 |$117.88|$27.45 |$25.00 |$2.97 |$339.45 |$519.39
1903 | |11.22 | 164.92| 28.88 | 25.00 | 2.88 | 249.55 | 482.56
1904 | |10.50 | 109.90| 30.50 | 25.00 | 3.93 | 180.55 | 360.38
1905 |$6.10 |12.45 | 88.80| 30.50 | 25.00 | 3.40 | 158.06 | 324.31
1906 | |14.85 | 112.35| 33.06 | 25.00 | 4.78 | 211.76 | 401.80
1907 |10.00 |16.85 | 79.80| 35.56 | 25.00 | 4.89 | 192.30 | 364.40
1908 | | 9.75 | 205.45| 37.76 | 30.09 | 5.09 | 293.50 | 583.55
1909 | 8.68 |19.26 | 196.35| 41.97 | 38.98 | 5.91 | 280.78 | 591.93
1910 | |23.89 | 116.90| 45.75 | 32.39 | 5.58 | 175.26 | 399.77
1911 |10.50 |27.08 | 206.38| 45.75 | 32.39*| 5.53* | 275.00*| 602.63
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