COST OF OUCIIARD MANAOKMKNT. 101 



COST OF HARVESTING AND PACKING. 



Both men and women vv<'ie employed in harvesting the crop. The 

 women were paid $1.15 per day, and the men $1.65 per day. Some of the 

 experienced packers received $2.. 50 and $3 per day. The pickers were re- 

 quired to hand pick everything and place it into bushel baskets under the 

 trees. From here the baskets were hauled on a spring wagon to the pack- 

 ing shed, where four men were kept busy sorting and packing. The yield 

 was 2,316 bushels or 2.1 bushels per tree. The cost of handling the fruit 

 from the trees until it was packed into barrels was $340.61. This reduced 

 to smaller units means the cost of harvesting amounted to 30.1 cents per 

 tree, or 14.3 cents per bushel. 



When these figures are grouped and reduced to the basis of a tree, we 

 get the following: 



Pruning 15.8 cents per tree 



Spray materials 12.0 cents per tree 



Labor for spraying 14 . 2 cents per tree 



Cultivating 5.2 cents per tree 



Harvesting 30.1 cents per tree 



Total 77.3 cents per tree 



When we figure that the yield w'as 2.1 bushels per tree, it cost 36.3 

 cents per bushel to grow this crop, and put it into barrels. 



These figures are probably somewhat higher than they would be on 

 an average year, owing to the fact that the Winesap trees averaged less 

 than a bushel per tree last season. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Howard: If there are any questions that any one wishes to ask. 

 I will answer them as best I can. 



Q. The cost did not Include the cost of barrels oi'' of hauling it to the 

 station? 



A. No. 



Q. What was the cost of picking and packing? 



A. 30.1 cents per tree, or 14.3 cents per bushel. That is pretty high. 

 The crop this year was rather small and stunted by the drouth, and it 

 was thin on the Winesap trees, which made the cost of harvesting more 

 than it would have been otherwise. 



Q. Did your lime sulphur control the fungus? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Did you have any bad effects to the foliage by that treatment of 

 lime sulphur? 



A. No. 



Q. If I understand you right, did you say you used arsenate of lead 

 along with that lime sulphur, in part of it, and in part of it you did not? 



