Show COST OF RAISING APPLES the cost of producing a box of ap ples pies was considered by dr B E D batchelor at the thursday morning session ol of the packing school at tile the agricultural college says the logan republican allowing trees to the acre the speaker said the cost ot of pruning an acre of apple trees ten years old is about or 7 12 1 2 cents the tree providing they had been properly pruned theretofore the cost of 0 spraying throe three times will be about per acre or 02 12 1 2 cebas cents per tree thinning will amount to 1460 1450 or 14 13 12 1 3 2 cents the e wl r tf children tire are used and I 1 I 1 suming Es 1 on an average one third of the trees need thinning the picking egense should not exceed four cents per box or 20 an acre that of packing 10 12 1 2 cents per box boi or about 1060 1050 per acre or an average allowing for trees that yield five boxes per tree although in some parts of the state girl labor is cheaper the making 0 of the box Is one cent one halt half cent tor for nails and one cent for hauling in the orchard the cost of miscellaneous labor of all kinds was considered and when added to tile the items above gave a total cost per box of approximately 6 cents or about per acre |