COST OF PRODUCING APPLES IN YAKIMA VALLEY. 



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Table XXII. — Total time and cost chargeable -per acre for cultivation in 32 orchards oj 

 various sizes under clean-cultural management in the Zillah district. 



Number 

 ofrecords. 



Acres in 

 orchard. 



Per acre. 



Average 

 acres in 

 ranch. 



Man- 

 hours. 



Horse- 

 hours. 



Cost. 



13 

 11 



8 



1-5 

 6-10 

 11-20 



21.07 

 17.36 

 16.59 



39.86 

 31. 97 

 31.34 



$11. 25 



9.14 

 8.85 



16.77 

 20.89 

 33.06 



The intensiveness of cultivation varies to a considerable extent in 

 each of these districts, but the figures indicate that costs of cultiva- 

 tion per acre in each district are higher for the orchards between 1 

 and 5 acres in size than for the larger orchards. Of course there is 

 not any set rule as to the amount of cultivation which shall be done, 

 but the whole plan of orcharding on small ranches in the Northwest 

 tends toward intensiveness, and hence to a high cost of maintenance. 

 On account of the small number of records for the larger orchards and 

 ranches, it was impossible to bring out this fact as forcibly as was 

 desired. Nevertheless, it would seem from the data that the smaller 

 ranches and orchards tend toward more intensive methods. 



The annual cost of cultivation on orchards of from 1 to 5 acres on 

 ranches which average 10.25 acres in North Yakima was $12.99, 

 while in the Zillah district, with orchards averaging approximately 

 the same and with ranches which average 16.77 acres, the cost of cul- 

 tivation is $11.25, and over $2 per acre more than on orchards of 6 to 

 10 acres in size where the ranches contain between 4 and 5 acres more. 



Table XXIII. — Average man-hours and horse-hours and cost chargeable per acre for 

 cultivation, exclusive of plowing, in orchards under clean-cultural management in 

 the Yakima Valley. 





Number 

 ofrecords. 



Average 

 number 

 of acres in 

 orchard. 



Per acre. 



Cost per 

 box. 



District. 



Man- 

 hours. 



Horse- 

 hours. 



Cost. 





43 

 32 



75 



5.49 

 7.70 



6.44 



24.26 



18.67 

 21.88 



41.28 

 35.01 

 38.60 



812. 26 

 9.92 

 11.26 



SO. 0258 



Zillah 



.0236 





.0249 







There is a total charge of 27.33 man-hours and 46.99 horse-hours, 

 or $13.88 per acre, for all cultivation, including plowing, in orchards 

 under clean-cultural management in the North Yakima district, 

 and of 21.12 man-hours and 39.90 horse-hours, or $11.27 per acre, 

 in the Zillah district. Table XXIII gives the cost chargeable per 

 acre for cultivation exclusive of plowing in orchards under clean 

 cultivation. 



Considering the valley as a whole, there is a charge of $12.76 per 

 acre for all cultivation, including plowing, or a packed-box charge 

 of $0.0282. 



