. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 10 13 20 25 30 35 40 Age of Trees 45 50 55 60 Figure 15.—Annual Net Returns Per 1000 Trees Accumulated AND Compounded at 5% Interest for Combinations of Early and Late Bearing with High and Low Costs. Thousand Dollars -T- -T- I , ,coao SITE * oooosirr. / / "'«"^^ LOWCOST / / / / STANDARD. 10 2C 40 45 50 55 60 25 30 35 Age of Trees Figure 16.—Annual Net Returns Per 1000 Trees Accumulated AND Compounded at 5% Interest for Combinations of High and Low Yields with High and Low Costs. If it were possible to trace the financial history of the orcha
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 10 13 20 25 30 35 40 Age of Trees 45 50 55 60 Figure 15.—Annual Net Returns Per 1000 Trees Accumulated AND Compounded at 5% Interest for Combinations of Early and Late Bearing with High and Low Costs. Thousand Dollars -T- -T- I , ,coao SITE * oooosirr. / / "'«"^^ LOWCOST / / / / STANDARD. 10 2C 40 45 50 55 60 25 30 35 Age of Trees Figure 16.—Annual Net Returns Per 1000 Trees Accumulated AND Compounded at 5% Interest for Combinations of High and Low Yields with High and Low Costs. If it were possible to trace the financial history of the orchards of New Hampshire all these situations would be found. Most of the orchards have represented the favorable combinations, but a few with unfavor- able combinations have brought tragedy to the owners. Often this has resulted from a chance combination of unfavorable circumstances and the result does not necessarily reflect on the business ability of the oper- ator. Research and knowledge at the time of planting had not developed to the point of guiding the orchardist. Trial and error brought disaster to a few. The purpose of the curves in figures 15 and 16 is to point out roughly by budget analysis the need for a careful inventory of the situa- tion and careful planning in the operation of the orchard before ven- turing to set out a large block of trees. And on the other hand, the curves should stimulate men to consider the possibilities of fruit grow- ing under favorable Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. [Hanover, N. H. ] : New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station
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