00 barrels per acre the
cost per barrel was only $.99, but when it was 34 barrels per acre
this cost rose to $1.73 per barrel. In 1910 we grew a crop of 55
barrels per acre for $1.20 per barrel.
It may be of interest to some to know what the income and profit were
on this orchard. For this purpose we give the following table showing
the yield, income, cost, and net profit for each of the ten years, and
the average:
Yield in Income Income Cost Net Profit
bbls. bbls. inc. culls per bbls. inc. culls
Year per A. only and drops bbl. alone and drops
1902 103 $1.96* $1.46* $.83 $1.13 $.63
1903 71 1.90 2.23 1.11 .79 1.12
1904 51 1.66 1.78 1.15 .51 .63
1905 49 2.30 2.68 1.10 1.20 1.58
1906 53 1.96 2.25 1.25 .71 1.30
1907 34 3.49 4.10 1.73 1.76 2.37
1908 96 2.03 2.32 .99 1.04 1.33
1909 92 3.00 3.38 1.06 1.94 2.32
1910 55 2.69 3.03 1.20 1.49 1.83
1911 100 2.06 2.32 .99
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