Total Hours Cost Cost
hours Total per acre per per
Operation Man Horse cost Man Horse acre 100
Mulching 3 6 $1.05 .455 .91 $0.16 $0.22
Pruning 11 ... 1.65 1.67 ... .25 .35
Cultivating 1 7 7 1.75 1.06 1.06 .26 .38
Cultivating 2 10 10 2.50 1.51 1.51 .38 .54
Cultivating 3 6 6 1.50 .91 .91 .23 .32
Plowing in fall 47 94 16.45 7.12 14.25 2.50 3.52
Banking trees 12 ... 1.80 1.82 ... .27 .39
Harrowing 21 42 7.35 3.18 6.36 1.11 1.58
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Total lab. cost. 117 165 $34.05 17.73 25.00 $5.16 $7.30
4 loads manure at $1.50 6.00 .91 1.29
Equipment charge 1.15 .174 .25
Taxes 5.29 .801 1.13
Interest 38.48 5.83 8.23
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Total cost $84.97 $12.875 $18.20
INCOME, COST AND PROFIT ON BEANS--FIELD A--1907
Income Cost Profit
75 bushels at $1.50 $112.50
31/2 tons pods at $6 21.00 $133.65 $94.50 $38.85
LOSS ON FIELD A--1907
Total Per acre
Net income from beans $38.85 $5.89
Cost of orchard 84.97 12.87
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Loss $46.12 $6.98
A summary of the cost of the orchard, the net income from the crop,
the income from the orchard and the profit and loss by years for the
eight years follows:
SUMMARY OF COSTS FOR EIGHT YEARS, FIELD A
Net Income
Crop income from Cost of 6.6 acres
Year grown from crop orchard orchard Profit Loss
1903 Corn $ 15.17 ... $109.87 ... $ 94.70
1904 Beans 42.57 ... 216.16 ... 173.59
1905 Beans 43.13 ... 83.78 ...
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