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BULLETIN 636, V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGElCULTUHE. 



box is the largest single item of the material cost, amounting to 

 $0.1585 per box. This cost is made up as follows: 



Cost of box shook $0. 1100 



Cost to make up 0085 



Cost of wrapping paper m . 0275 



I\ ails 0036 



Cost of cardboard 0044 



Cost of lining paper 0045 



Total 1585 



The spray material is the second largest material cost, the lime 

 and sulphur costing 87.29 per acre and the lead amounting to 86.14 

 per acre, making a total spray-material cost of 813.43 per acre, or a 

 box cost of 80.0398. This spray material makes up 9.84 per cent of 

 the total material and fixed cost and 5.60 per cent of the total annual 

 net cost of production. A commercial brand of lime and sulphur 

 is used. The ordinary arsenate of lead paste is generally used, 

 although a few growers use the dry lead. 



Table XV. — Summary table of material and fixed costs, 38 farms in Payette Valley, 



Idaho. 





Clean-cultural man- 

 agement (16 rec- 

 ords; 336 boxes per 

 record). 



Mulch-crop manage- 

 ment (22 records; 

 338 boxes per rec- 

 ord). 



Combined management (38 

 records; 337 boxes per 

 record). 



Item. 



Charge 

 per 

 acre. 



Charge 

 per 

 box. 



Per 



cent of 

 total 

 net 

 cost. 



Charge 

 per 

 acre. 



Charge 

 per 

 box. 



Per 

 cent of 

 total 

 net 

 cost. 



Charge 

 per 

 acre. 



Charge 

 per 

 box. 



Per 



cent of 

 total 

 mate- 

 rial 

 and 

 fixed 

 cost. 



Per 

 cent 



of 

 total 



net 

 cost. 





S6.17 

 6.98 

 1.94 

 3.81 



SO. 0184 

 .0208 

 .0058 

 .0113 



2.61 So. 92 

 2.96 . 7. Si 



SO. 0175 

 .0222 

 .0060 

 . 0130 

 .0004 

 . 1585 



2.44 

 3.10 



.84 

 1.81 



.06 



S6.03 



■ 7.29 



2.00 



4.14 



.07 



SO. 0179 

 .0216 

 .0059 

 .0123 

 .0002 

 .1585 



4.43 

 5.34 

 1.46 

 3.04 

 .05 

 39.20 



2.51 





3.04 



Arsenate oflead (first spray). 



Other spray material 



Seed 



.82 

 1.C1 



2.04 



4.39 



.12 



53.57 



.83 



1.73 



.03 



Cost of made-up box 



53.26 



.1585 



22. 53 



22.13 53.41 



22.29 



Total material cost 



72.16 



.2148 



30.53 73.55 



.2176 



30.38 I 72.94 



.2164 



53. 52 



30.43 



Interest charge 



Apple-building charge 



46. .50 

 2.87 

 4.24 



.1384 

 .0085 

 .0126 



19.67 

 1.21 

 1.79 



50.91 



3.13 



5. 55 



.70 



3.82 



.28 



.91 



. 1506 

 .0093 

 .0164 

 .0021 

 . 0113 

 .0008 

 .0027 



21.03 | 49.05 



1.30 3.02 



2.29 1 4.99 



.29 ! .41 



1.58 | 4.29 



.11 .27 



.38 1.28 



. 1456 

 .0090 

 .0148 

 .0012 

 .0127 

 .0008 

 .0038 



36.01 



2.23 



3.66 



.30 



3.14 



.20 



.94 



20.48 

 1.27 

 2.08 





.17 



Tax 



4.94 

 .26 



1.78 



.0147 

 .0008 

 .0053 



2.09 



.11 

 .75 



1.79 





.11 



Water rent 



.53 









Total fixed cost 



60.59 



.1803 



25.62 



65.30 



.1932 1 26.98 | 63.31 



.1879 



46.48 



26.43 



Total material and 



132. 75 



.3951 



56. 15 



138.85 



.4108 



57.36 136.25 



.4043 



100.00 



56.86 













The third largest item of material cost is the manure. For all 

 orchards an average of 4.02 tons per acre is applied annually, at a 

 material cost of 86.03 and a box charge of 80.0179. This makes up 



