40.65
1906 Beans 120.90 ... 80.14 $40.76 ...
1907 Beans 38.85 ... 84.97 ... 46.12
1908 Corn 37.68 ... 64.22 ... 26.54
1909 Oats and
strawberries 100.61 $27.88 84.73 43.76 ...
1910 Wheat 60.70 38.65 96.35 3.00 ...
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Totals $459.61 $66.53 $620.22 $87.52 $381.60

Net loss on field for eight years $294.08
Average annual loss 38.76
Total cost an acre, exclusive of income 124.27
Total cost an acre, including income 44.55
Total net cost a hundred trees 62.97
Total net cost an apple tree 1.37
Total net cost an apple tree, exclusive of income 3.80
Total labor cost an acre 35.09
Total cash cost an acre 89.19

We find that this orchard has cost $124.27 an acre during the eight
years of its life, but that the $79.72 an acre of crops grown in the
orchard has brought this cost down to $44.55 an acre. It is safe to
say that the orchard would have cost even more than it did had it not
been for the crops, for many operations charged directly to the crops
would of necessity have been charged to the trees. The cost a hundred
trees does not mean much, as it often happens that not all the trees
are covered by an operation and as the number of trees an acre greatly
affects these costs.

We have another and younger orchard upon which a record has been kept.
This orchard of five acres contains 126 standard apple trees,
"filled" both ways with 375 peach trees. It was set in the spring of
1908, so that the trees have grown four seasons. The permanents
(apples) are set 36 by 40 feet apart, so that, with the peaches
between, the trees stand 18 by 20 feet apart. A crop of beans has been
grown between the tree rows each season. The first season a full seven
rows, twenty-eight inches apart, were planted in the wider space; the
second and third season six rows, and the last season only four rows.
The crop has been very good each year until the last. One application
of manure, one crop of clover and one seedi