UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 518 



OFFICE OP THE SECRETARY 



Contribution from the Office of Farm Management 



W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



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March 17, 1917 



THE COST OF PRODUCING APPLES 



IN HOOD RIVER VALLEY 



A UETAlLiiD STUDY, MADE IN 1915, OF THE CURRENT 



COST FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE MAINTENANCE 



OF ORCHARDS AND THE HANDLING OP 



THE CROP ON 54 FARMS 



By 



S. M. THOMSON, Scientific Assistant, and 

 G. H. MILLER, Assistant Agriculturist 



CONTENTS 



Facts Brought Out 2 



ConcIuBions 4 



The Hood River Valley 5 



Farm Organization 12 



The Orchards 15 



Marketing and Prices Received .... 17 



Page 



Orchard Management . 18 



Maintenance Labor 19 



Handling Crop 40 



Total Labor Costs 47 



Costs Other Than Labor 48 



Total Costs 50 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTINQ OFHCE 



1917 



