38 BULLETIN 500, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XXX. — Packing-house charge. 





Mesa (average yield, 275). 



Delta (average yield, 294). M ™tn» gj« ra 8 B y ield » 



Operation. 



Per 



cent of 

 records. 



Cost per box.i 



Per 



cent of 

 records. 



Cost per box. 



Per 

 cent of 

 records. 



Cost per box. 





Actual. 



Regional. 



Actual. 



Regional. 



Actual. 



Regional. 



Pack 



77.5 



22.4 



32.6 



4.1 



63.3 



6.1 



8.2 



100 



SO. 0440 

 .0610 

 .0144 

 .0072 

 .0144 

 .0118 

 .0316 

 .0030 



SO. 0341 

 . 0137 

 .0047 

 . 0003 

 .0091 

 .0007 

 .0026 

 .0030 



6.6 



93.4 



29.5 



68.9 



1.6 



1.6 



3.3 



100 



$0. 0440 

 .0010 

 .0144 

 .0072 

 .0144 

 .0118 

 .0316 

 .0029 



SO. 0029 

 .0570 

 .0042 

 .0050 

 . 0002 

 .0002 

 .0010 

 .0029 



13.3 



86.7 



6.7 



93.3 



SO. 0440 

 . 0610 

 .0144 

 .0072 



SO. 0059 





.0529 





.0010 



Nail 



.0067 









6.7 

 6.7 

 100 



.0118 



.0316 

 . 0096 



.0008 



Sort 



.0021 



Wait and miscellaneous 



.0096 









.068 







.073 







0.079 

























Sis. 7(i 

 75.04 







$21.59 

 86.37 







SL'l. HI 

















85.84 



















i "Actual" cost is the cost for growers reporting. "Regional" cost is the actual cost distributed overall 

 records. 



The totals of all labor costs are summarized in Table XXXI. The 

 cost per box varies from $0.37 in Delta to $0.42 in Mesa, the 

 average being $0,394. The labor cost per acre on all records is 

 $111.88. There is considerable variation in cost on such items as 

 spraying and thinning, etc., owing to the difference in the intensive- 

 ness of the farming carried on in the three counties. 



Table XXXI. — Summary of all labor costs (125 ranches, western Colorado). 



Item. 



Mesa (49 records, 275 yield. 



Man- 

 hours. 



Horse- 

 hours. 



Cost 

 per 

 acre. 



Cost 

 per 

 box. 



Delta (61 records, 294 yield). 



Man- 

 hours. 



Horse- 

 hours. 



Cost 

 per 

 acre. 



Cost 

 per 

 box. 



Manure 



Prune 



Haul brush 



Thin 



Cultivate 



Irrigate 



Spray 



Codling-moth bands 



Miscellaneous 



Haul shooks 



Haul to and from orchard 



Haul to ear 



Pick 



Pack, nail, grade 



Make boxes. 



Total 



3.71 

 62.61 

 9.75 

 21.36 

 18.55 

 11.59 

 40.83 

 10.78 

 12.35 

 1.87 

 6.70 

 9.87 

 67.15 

 75. 04 

 11.00 



7.42 



12.84 



35.63 



29.2 



.71 

 3.73 

 12.02 

 19.74 



$2. 04 



21.91 



4.36 



6.09 



9.98 



2.90 



14.59 



2.70 



3.20 



1.03 



3.48 



5.43 



16.79 



18.76 



2.75 



.007 

 .080 

 .010 

 .022 

 .036 

 .011 

 .053 

 .010 

 .012 

 .004 

 .013 

 .020 

 .061 

 . 068 

 .010 



5.03 

 47.73 

 8.46 

 15.42 

 14.08 

 15.66 

 24.71 

 1.31 

 9.58 

 2.77 

 10.16 

 15.10 

 78.35 

 86.38 

 11.76 



9.90 

 "2S.'i4 



18.21 



3.33 

 5.55 

 19.48 

 30. 20 



S2.62 



16.71 



3.60 



3.86 



7.74 



3.91 



8.91 



.33 



2.89 



1.53 



5.46 



8.31 



19.59 



21.59 



2.94 



366. 16 



$116.01 



346.50 



$109. 99 



$0,009 

 .057 

 .012 

 .013 

 .026 

 .013 

 .030 

 .001 

 .010 

 .005 

 .019 

 .028 

 .067 

 .073 

 .010 



SO. 373 



