50 BULLETIN 518, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XX. — Material and fixed costs (SJf faiins). 





Clean-culture; 30 

 records; yield, 218 

 boxes. 



Mulch-crop; 24 rec- 

 ords; yield, 228 

 boxes. 



All records; 54 records; 

 yield, 222 boxes. 



Item. 



£ 



Pi 

 O 



O 



.a 

 P< 



1 

 o 



3 



o 

 u 





g 



o 

 O 



"3 



O 



°+^ 



■So 

 3 " 



ki 



CD 



^1 



2 



S 

 o 



o 



fcH 



K 



o 

 O 



I- ® o 



o 



o 

 Ah 



Af aniirfi 



$1.94 

 3.17 

 2.33 



2.68 



$0.0089 

 .0145 

 .0107 

 .0123 



0.87 

 1.42 

 1.05 

 1.20 



$2.57 

 4.11 

 2.61 

 2.64 



.71 



23.48 



8.94 



$0.0113 

 .0180 

 .0114 

 .0116 

 .0031 

 .1030 

 .0392 



1.11 



1.77 

 1.12 

 1.14 

 .31 

 10.11 

 3.84 



$2.22 



3.58 



2.45 



2.66 



.32 



22.87 

 8.70 



$0.0100 

 .0161 

 .0110 

 .0120 

 .0014 

 .1030 

 .0392 



1.56 

 2.52 

 1.73 



0.98 



Lime-sulphur 



1.58 



Lead 



i.ns 



Other spraj' material 



1.87, 1.17 



Seed 



.23 .14 





22.45 

 8.55 



.1030 

 .0392 



10.07 

 3.84 



16.12 in.ns 



Paper and nails 



6.13 



3.83 







Total material cost 



41.12 



.1886 



18.45 



45.06 



.1976 



19.40 



42.80 



.1927 



30.16 



18.86 







Kquipmcn t charge . . 



6.34 



4.13 



7.85 



.37 



.71 



74.53 



.0291 

 .0189 

 .0360 

 .0017 

 .0033 

 .3419 



2.85 



1.85 



3.52 



.17 



.32 



33. 45 



6.71 



2.18 

 8.61 

 .29 

 2.62 

 85.17 



.0294 

 .0096 

 .0378 

 .0013 

 .0115 

 .3736 



2.89 

 .94 



3.71 

 .12 



1.13 

 36.66 



6.50 

 3.27 

 8.19 

 .33 

 1.56 

 79.26 



.0292 

 .0147 

 .0364 

 .0015 

 .0070 

 .3570 



4.58 

 2.31 

 5.77 

 .23 

 1.10 

 55.85 



2.86 





1.44 



Taxes 



3.61 



Tnsnranf'R 



.15 





.69 



Interest on investment 



34.92 







Total fixed cost 



93.93 



.4309 



42.16 



105. 58 



.4632 



45.45 



99.11 



.4458 



69.84 



43.67 







Total material and fixed costs. 



135.05 



.6195 



60.61 



150. 64 



.6608 



64.85 



141. 91 



.6385 



100.00 



62.53 



Table XX gives a summary of material and fixed costs for both 

 clean-culture and mulch-crop orchards. The two kinds of orchards 

 have very nearly the same cost per box for material, namely, $0,188 

 for the clean-culture and $0,197 for the mulch-crop orchards. The 

 difference come in the fixed costs, which are $0.43 per box for the 

 clean-culture and $0,463 for the mulch-crop orchards. This differ- 

 ence is due mainly to the high valuation of land in mulch crop and 

 the larger irrigation, or water tax, charge. The total material and 

 fixed cost for all records amounts to $141.91 per acre, or $0,638 per 

 box, or 62.53 per cent of the total annual cost of production. Of this 

 total material and fixed cost, 30.16 per cent is for material and 69.04 

 per cent is for fixed cost, or the material cost is 18.86 per cent and the 

 fixed cost 43.67 per cent of the total annual cost of production. 



TOTAL COSTS. 



The total of all annual costs, after crediting the orchard with hay 

 and culls, is $226.96 per acre, or $1,021 per box, of which 37^ per cent 

 is for labor and 62^ per cent is for material and fixed cost. If the 

 orchards studied are separated into clean-culture and mulch-crop 

 systems there is found to be a total cost of $222.83 per acre, or $1,022 

 per box, for the former and $232.32 per acre, or $1,019 per box, for 

 the latter. Thus, although there is a difference in acre cost of $9.49, 

 the difference in box cost is only $0,003, the yield per acre being 10 

 boxes more in the case of the orchards in mulch crops than in those 

 under the clean-culture system. 



