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Economies in Apple Harvesting 



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 wider wagon than the one I nsed, or a 

 double-decker. My wagon held only 24 

 boxes, when a wider wagon could be 

 made to hold 3(1 boxes or more, or a 

 double-decker 48 or more. This, of 

 course, would make quite a reduction 

 in the expense, saving time lost with 

 the small wagon, hauling from the or- 

 chard, but of course would not save 

 any time in loading or unloading in 

 either case, as this expense would be 

 the same on the larger or smaller 

 wagon. 



Help in the packing house cost me 

 .0086. This consisted of having a man 

 put the apples on the sorting table. 

 Considerable saving could be made in 

 this department with the riaht kind of 

 a storage house and a good floor, which 

 will enable the helper in the packing 

 house to load the apples on a truck 

 which would hold 24 boxes instead of 

 carrying them one bv one, leaving him 

 part of his time, with this arrangement, 

 to assist in grading, also hclDinc to re- 

 duce the number of men reciuired on 

 the grading. The floor in my packing 

 house, not being on a level with the 

 storage equipment, necessitated my 

 having the aoples carried by the box 

 instead of being wheeled in on a truck. 



Hauling knocked-down boxes to the 

 packins house cost me .002.^. This cost 

 could also be reduced by having a larger 

 wagon which would hold a greater 

 quantitv, retpiiring no mo'-e time than 

 a wagon containing a smaller quantitv 

 of boxes. My wapon was onlv large 

 enough to haul 2ri0 boxes, knocked 

 down, at a time, whereas the pronei- 

 sized wagon should be one which 

 would hold 100 to 110 boxes packed, 

 which would hold 400 knocked down 

 boxes, which would reduce this cost 

 about 331,11^. 



It cost to nail up and stamp the boxes 

 .0006. The man doing this work had 

 some snare time. althoni?h it was all 

 charged against the nailing cost. This 

 time he spent in removing any apples 

 which got into any one of the grades 

 through carelessness or any other 

 cause on the part of the sorters and 

 graders. The stamping was done with 

 rubber stamps. An additional saving 

 could be made by using the latest pat- 

 ented devices for stamping the boxes 

 with the number of api)les. the grade, 

 and the variety all at one time instead 

 of having to use separate rubber stamps 

 for each of these marks. Just how 

 much this nailing-up cost could re- 

 duced it is dillicult to say, but I am 

 inclined to think it could be done at 

 one-quarter to one-half a cent less. 



The boxes cost me 9 cents each. This 

 price seems to be as low as any price T 

 have heard of. A lower price could 

 only be secured in accordance with the 

 piice of lumber and by ordering the 

 boxes of your association, which could 

 place an order with some mill for an 

 extra large quantity early in the sea- 

 son, thereby securing a lower price. 



The paper cost me .0331. No saving 

 could be made in this item excepi 



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