THE PROFITS ON A BARREL OF APPLES 



893 



but the total cost of these operations has been $.244 per 

 barrel. The apples, it should be said, were sorted and packed in 

 the field. The crop was hauled to a station one and a half miles 

 away, over a country road no better than the average. 



SUMMARY 



The following is a summary of the cost sheet for a barrel of 

 apples : 



Interest on investment 



Taxes 



Tilling 



Pruning 



Spraying 



Cover crop 



Superintending orchard 



Picking, packing, sorting and hauling 



$.21 

 .012 

 .063 

 .03 

 .096 

 .023 

 .25 

 .244 



$0.93 



COST OF BARRELS 



All of the first- and second-grade apples from the Auchter 

 orchard have been packed in barrels. The average price of barrels 

 for ten years has been $.36 each; the price fluctuated from $.30 

 to $.40. The culls have been handled in crates, and a charge for 

 packages cannot be entered against them. Adding the cost of the 

 barrel to the cost of production, we have $1.29 as the total cost of 

 a barrel of apples at the shipping point. 



TABLE II. 



ANNUAL COST OP TILLAGE, CDVER-CROP SEED, PRUNING, SPRAYING, 

 HARVESTING, AND PRICE OF BARRELS IN AUCHTER ORCHARD FOR TEN YEARS 



