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BULLETIN 446, U. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. 



amounted to S72.64 per acre, or $0.1225 per box. This cost, was 

 approximately 40 per cent of the total labor cost. Table XVIII 

 gives the summary of the various items which make up the total 

 labor chargeable per acre prior to harvesting in orchards under clean 

 cultural management. 



Table XXV. — Labor cost for harvesting (87 ranches). 



Item. 



Hauling shoots (average distance hauled 1.79 miles). 



Making boxes 



Hauling empties to and from orchard 



Hauling full boxes (average distance 1.70 nules) 



Foreman charge i 



Picking 



Sorting, packing, stamping, and nailing 



Total. 



Hours per acre. 



Man. 



3.81 

 17.8 

 17.95 

 15.96 



119.24 



174. 76 



Horse. 



7.18 



26.90 

 28.46 



Cost per 

 acre. 



S2. 04 

 4.45 

 8.52 

 8.26 

 1.78 

 29. 81 

 51. 59 



106.45 



Cost per 

 box. 



0. 0034 

 .0075 

 .0144 

 .0139 

 .0030 

 .0503 

 . 0870 



.1795 



1 Twenty records: 



Average crew 5 



Average number of days per acre for harvesting crop 11.9 



Foreman days per acre 2. 38 



Foreman wage per day $3. 25 



Cost per acre S7. 75 



Twenty-three per cent of records use foreman; 23 per cent X $7.76 = SI. 783. 



Foreman charge per acre SI. 78 



The labor cost for harvesting amoxmted to $106.^45 per acre, or 

 $0.1795 per box. This cost was approximately 60 per cent of the 

 total labor cost. Table XXV gives the summary of the various 

 items which make up the total labor cost for harvesting. Table 

 XXVI gives the total annual labor cost per acre, per box, and per 

 tree. 



Table XXVI. — Total labor cost per acre, per box, and per tree {87 ranches). 



Item. 



Total labor cost. 





Per acre. 



Per box. 



Per tree. 





$ 72.64 

 60.99 

 106. 45 



SO. 1225 

 .1028 

 . 1795 



SO. 8968 





.7406 





1.314 









179. 09 

 167. 44 



.3020 

 .2823 



2.211 



Total labor (alfalfa) 



2.067 







1 Labor before harvest where only clean cultivated orchards are considered. 



2 Labor before harvest where only alfalfa orchards are considered; credit is given for 1 ton of alfalfa per 

 acre at -$9 per ton. 



MATERIAL COSTS. 



Material costs include aU material such as box shooks, nails, etc., 

 together with anything else for which cash, or its equivalent, must be 

 used. A manure charge was made against the entire orchard for the 

 amount apphed each year, whether on a part or the whole of the 

 orchard. 



