COST OF PRODUCING APPLES IN" YAKIMA VALLEY. 65 



Tables XLIV and XLV give the labor costs for North Yakima and 

 Zillah separately. As will be seen, the net cost per acre for all labor 

 for North Yakima is $148.56, or $0.3216 per box, making 38.13 per 

 cent of the total of all net costs, and in the case of Zillah $149.52 per 

 acre, or $0.3757 per box, making 50.60 per cent of the total of all net 

 costs. The net labor costs for Zillah constitute a much greater pro- 

 portion of the total annual net cost than do the net labor costs of 

 the North Yakima district. 



EXPENSES OTHER THAN LABOR. 



The expenses other than labor consist of material and fixed costs, 

 The material costs include manure, all spray materials, seed, gasoline, 

 oil, made-up boxes, paper, nails, etc. The fixed costs include interest 

 on apple orchard, the apple-building charge, equipment, depreciation 

 and upkeep, hired equipment, land taxes, water rent, and insurance. 



The material costs for the North Yakima ranches made up 21.59 

 per cent of the total net annual cost. The fixed costs made up 40.28 

 per cent of the total net annual cost. Thus the material and fixed 

 costs for North Yakima made up 61.87 per cent of the total net annual 

 cost. (See Table XLVI.) 



The material costs for the Zillah ranches made up 27.62 per cent of 

 the total net annual cost, while the fixed costs made up 21.78 per cent 

 of the total net annual cost. Material and fixed expenses made up 

 49.40 per cent of the total net annual cost. (See Table XLVII.) 



In the case of all records for the Yakima Valley, including the 

 North Yakima and Zillah districts, the material cost made up 42.17 

 per cent of the expense other than labor, while the fixed cost made 

 up 57.83 per cent. Together they made up 56.89 per cent of the 

 total annual net cost of production. (See Table XL VIII.) 



