COST OF PEODUCING APPLES IN HOOD RIVER VALLEY. 



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house costs, there is a total cost for handling of $79.92 per acre, or 

 $0.36 per box. This is 35.21 per cent of the total annual cost of 

 production. 



TOTAL LABOR COSTS. 



Table XIX summarizes the labor costs per acre and per box for 

 both the clean-culture and the mulch-crop system of management. 



Table XIX. — Summary of all labor costs. 





Clean cultural; 30 records; 

 yield 218 boxes. 



Mulch crop; 24 records; 

 yield 228 boxes. 



All records; 54 records; 

 yield 222 boxes. 





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SI. 60 

 5.28 

 2.45 

 1.10 



10.64 

 .71 

 5.60 

 5.71 

 2.03 

 1.30 

 7.21 



$0.0073 

 .0242 

 .0112 

 .0050 

 .0488 

 .0033 

 .0257 

 .0262 

 .0093 

 .0060 

 .0331 



1.82 

 6.02 

 2.79 

 1.25 

 12.12 

 .81 

 6.38 

 6.51 

 2.31 

 1.48 

 8.21 



0.72 

 2.37 

 1.10 



.49 

 4.78 



.32 

 2.51 

 2.56 



.91 



.58 

 3.24 



SI. 01 

 5.74 

 2.25 

 .70 

 3.74 

 6.66 

 5.47 

 5.58 

 1.17 

 1..52 

 7.70 

 .05 

 3.41 



$0.0044 

 .0252 

 .0099 

 .0031 

 .0164 

 .0292 

 .0240 

 .0245 

 .0051 

 .0067 

 . 0338 

 .0002 

 .0150 



1.24 

 7.03 

 2.75 



.86 

 4.58 

 8.15 

 6.70 

 6.83 

 1.43 

 1.86 

 9.43 



.06 

 4.17 



0.44 



2.47 



.97 



.30 



1.61 



2.87 



2.36 



2.40 



.50 



.65 



3.31 



.02 



1.47 



$1. 34 

 5.48 

 2.36 

 .92 

 7.57 

 3.35 

 5.54 

 5.65 

 1.65 

 1.40 

 7.43 

 .02 

 1.52 



$0.0060 

 .0247 

 .0106 

 .0041 

 . 0341 

 .0151 

 .0250 

 .0255 

 .0074 

 .0063 

 .0335 

 .0001 

 .0068 



1.58 

 6.44 

 2.77 

 1.08 

 8.90 

 3.94 

 6.51 

 6.64 

 1.94 

 1.65 

 8.74 



0.59 





2.41 



Disposal of brush 



Plowing 



1.04 

 .40 



Cultivating 



3.34 



Irrigating -. 



1.48 



Thinning 



2.44 



Propping 



2.49 





.73 



Lime-sulphur spray 



other sprays 



.62 

 3.27 



Sowing mulch crop 



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Harvesting mulch crop. . 







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1. 791 . 67 















Total lahor cost 

 previous to har- 



43.63 



.2001 



49.70 



19.58 



45.00 

 9.59 



.1975 

 .0421 



55.09 

 11.74 



19.37 

 4.13 



44.23 

 4.26 



.1992 

 .0191 



52.00 19.49 



Hay credit 



5.01 1.88 















Total net labor 

 cost previous to 

 harvesting 



43.63 



.2001 



49.70 



19.58 



35.41 



.1554 



43.35 



15.24 



39.97 



.1801 



46.99 



17.61 



Haul shocks 



.84 



3.55 



11.97 



23.59 



8.40 



1.11 



.0039 



.0163 

 . 0594 

 . 10S2 

 . 0385 

 .0051 



.96 



4.05 



13.64 



26.87 



9.57 



1.26 



.38 



1.59 



5.37 



10. 58 



3.77 



..50 



.82 



3.64 



13. 46 



24.09 



8.i4 



1.03 



.0036 



.0160 

 .0590 

 .1057 

 .0357 

 .0045 



LOO 



4.46 



16.48 



29.49 



9.97 



1.26 



.35 



1.57 

 5.79 

 10.37 

 3.50 



.44 



.83 



3.59 



12.63 



23. 81 



8.28 



1.07 



.0037 



.0162 

 .0569 

 .1073 

 .0373 

 .0048 



.98 



4.22 



14.85 



27.99 



9.74 



1.26 



.37 



Haul loose boxes to and 

 from orchard 



1.58 



Picking 



5.56 



All packing house labor- 

 Haul to station 



Pick up and haul culls . . 



10.49 



3.65 



.47 



Total labor cost for 



harvesting 



Credit for culls 



49.46 

 5.31 



.2269 

 .0244 



56.35 

 6.05 



22.19 

 2.38 



51. 18 

 4.91 



.2244 

 .0215 



62.66 

 6.01 



22.02 

 2.11 



50.21 

 5.13 



.2262 

 .0231 



59.04 

 6.03 



22.12 

 2.26 







Total net labor cost 

 for harvesting . . - 



44.15 



.2025 



50.30 



19.81 



46.27 



.2029 



56.65 



19.91 



45.08 



.2031 



53.01 



19.86 



Total net cost for 

 all labor 



87.78 



.4026 



100.00 



39.39 



81.68 



.3583 



100.00 



35.15 



85.05 



.3832 



100. 00 



37.47 



It will be seen from this table that soil management is the only factor 

 of either system that has any great influence on the labor-cost items. 

 The only credits are for hay and culls, the hay credit lowering the 

 net cost of maintenance somewhat, this cost being $43.63 per acre 

 in the clean-culture and $35.41 per acre in the mulch-crop orchards. 



