COST OF PEODUCING APPLES IX YAKIMA VALLEY. 



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Table VI. — Average size of ranch arid bearing orchard and average investment per ranch 

 and per acre for 56 ranches in Zillah district. 



Item. 



Number of records 



Average acreage per ranch: 



Total 



In bearing apple orchard 



Average investment per ranch: 



Total 



Land and improvement 



In bearing apple orchard 



Equipment 



Average investment per acre apple orchard: 



Total 



Equipment : 



Per cent value apple orchard is of total investment per ranch k 



Method of culture. 



Clean. Mulch-crop Combined. 



32 



22.26 



7.70 



313,487.83 



12,334.06 



4,338.75 



486.25 



564.38 

 25.62 

 35.42 



20.66 

 7.85 



S12.833.06 



11,787.29 



4,503.13 



464.46 



562.50 

 26.62 

 39.64 



' 56 



21.57 

 7.77 



S13.207.21 



12, 099. 73 



4,409.20 



476.91 



563.57 

 26.09 

 37.23 



i Average of percentage figures for the individual ranches 



The interest on the apple-orchard investment in these districts is 

 very high, averaging 24.98 per cent of the total annual net cost of 

 production on the 120 farms studied. 



The investment in equipment is heavy, totaling $342.97 per ranch, 

 or $35.08 per acre, in the North Yakima district; $476.91 per ranch, 

 or $26.09 per acre, in the Zillah district; and $405.48 per ranch, or 

 $30.88 per acre, for the 120 ranches studied. 



The equipment investment usually includes all necessary equip- 

 ment for orchard work, such as spray outfit, spring and spike tooth 

 harrows, plows, cultivators, wagons, pruning tools, ladders, and mis- 

 cellaneous orchard tools. 



The average investment per ranch for the 120 considered- in this 

 study was $14,504.32, of which $6,071.38 was in bearing apple or- 

 chards. (Ranches averaged 15.82 acres and orchards 6.39 acres.) 

 This apple-orchard investment is 45.41 per cent of the total invest- 

 ment. 



Table VII. — Comparative investments of four commercial apple-producing regions. 



Item. 



YaMma 

 Valley. 



Hood 

 River 

 Valley. 



Wenatchee 

 Valley. 



Western 

 Colorado. 



Average investment per ranch 



Average land and improvement investment per ranch. 



Investment in bearing apple orchard per ranch 



Investment in bearing apple orchard per acre 



Equipment investment per ranch 



Equipment investment of bearing apple orchard per 



acre 



Per cent value of total ranch investment the bearing 



orchard represents 



Average acres per ranch 



Average acres in bearing apples per ranch 



S14, 504.32 

 S13, 638. 73 

 S6, 071.38 

 SI. 079. 67 

 S405. 48 



S30.88 



45.41 

 15.82 

 6.39 



823,487.36 



S22, 503. 70 



S12.257.87 



S990. 74 



S491.87 



S22. 67 



54.03 

 39.49 

 12.45 



S20. 974.00 



S20.097.00 



S12.250.00 



SI. 925. 00 



S444.00 



S44.65 



58.00 

 11.40 

 6.50 



S16, 366. 87 



S15, 340. 14 



86,657.34 



S653.49 



S708.51 



$29.56 



40.70 

 38.24 

 10.81 



