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BULLETIN 412, U. S. DEPAKTMElsTT OF AGRICULTUEE. 



Table XXVII.- — A fair day's work for crews harvesting cabbage and hauling directly to 



market — loads per day. 



Crews. 



Miles to Market. 





» 



10 



g 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



^ 



R2 



■a 



1^' 



13 



a^ 



■o 





'O 



1^ 



a^ 



a 



2 



^ 





3 S 



03 



a §3 



c3 



3 © 



c3 



3 fe 



S 



3 © 





M 



1 



1-1 



03 



h-1 



■^ 03 



►-1 



'^ 03 



Hi 



o3 



1-1 



C3 



5.1 



^3 



3.9 



SI 



3.1 



29 



2.5 



;?3 



2.5 



i3 



3 



7, 



1 



5.8 



i7 



4.6 



30 



3.5 



16 



3.5 



12 



2.4 



5 



4 



2 



1 



4.7 



3 



4.7 



16 



3.6 



18 



3.5 



3 



3.6 



5 



4 



4 



2 



10.4 



5 



6.9 



U 



6.0 



10 



4.7 



5 



4.0 



i 



6 



4 



2 



11.3 



3 



7.0 



2 



6.5 



4 



7.0 



2 



4.1 



i 



OPERATIONS ON FRUIT CROPS. 



The data for Tables XXVIII to XXXIII were obtained in western 

 New York under conditions where orcharding is on a commercial 

 basis and the work is well standardized. They refer to well-estab- 

 hshed orchards and the customary methods and practice which obtain 

 among the vast majority of growers. Baldwins and Greenings pre- 

 dominate among the orchards and the data presented refer to trees 

 having their general habits of growth. Trees are pruned quite regu- 

 larly, few, if any, neglected orchard conditions and abnormal factors 

 being incorporated in the averages. Fruit growers in this region 

 necessarily know quite definitely what an average day's work should 

 be for the various orchard operations. 



In Table XXVIII are given the averages for pruning fruit trees 

 and for thinning the fruit from apple trees where the crop is too 

 heavy to permit the maturing of good fruit. In general, the thinning 

 operation does not present a serious labor problem except on occa- 

 sional years when a very heavy crop is set. At other times wind and 

 storm are likely to remove even more than the excess and fruit is not 

 thinned on that account. The data for thinning refers to the average 

 tree in the orchard in years when thinning is necessary. 



Table XXVIII. — A fair day's work in pruning fruit trees and in thinning the fruit from 



apple trees. 



Operation. 



Trees 

 daily. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Pruning apple trees (10 years old) 



Pruning apple trees (30 years old) , 



Thinning out surplus apples (30-year trees) 

 Pruning peach trees (8 years old) , 



28.6 

 12.6 

 12.4 

 37.7 



803 

 769 

 528 

 449 



