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BULLETIN 412, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 

 Table XXXI. — -A fair day's ivorkfor a yian in picking apples. 



Yield 



per tree 



(bushels). 



Bushels 

 per day. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Yield 



per tree 



(bushels). 



Bushels 

 per day. 



Number 

 averaged. 



6 

 10 

 15 



53.2 

 54.5 

 63.5 



11 



88 

 199 



20' 



25 



30 



66.9 

 75.8 

 78.6 



207 

 81 

 150 



Mechanical devices for sorting and packing apples are seldom 

 used in western New York. A simple barrel header operated by one 

 man as the barrels are filled constitutes the chief mechanical aid in 

 packing apples in this region. The same general practice prevails 

 over the entire region, the work being done by hand. 



Where apples are sorted by hand and packed in barrels, the daily 

 amounts set out in Table XXXII should normally be accomphshed. 



Table XXXII.- 



-A fair day's work in sorting and p>o.cking apples with the number of 

 hands indicated. 



Crew. 



Barrels 

 daily. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Crew. 



Barrels 

 daily. 



Number 

 averaged. 



Sorters. 



Packers. 



Sorters. 



Packers. 



1 

 1 

 2 

 2 



1 

 2 

 1 

 2 



56.7 

 65.4 

 7/7.4 

 88.7 



.209 



11 



228 



118 



3 

 3 

 4 



1 

 2 

 2 



98.4 

 115.0 

 124.9 



27 



37 



9 



Not many of the commercial orchards in New York are over 6 

 mQes from market. The number of trips that can be made daily 

 with loads of fruit for distances from 1 to 8 miles is shown in Table 

 XXXIII. The usual load is 20 to 22 barrels of apples and 55 to 60 

 bushels of peaches. 



Table XXXIII. — A fair day's work for man and team in hauling fruit to market. 



Miles to 



Loads 



Number 



Miles to 



Loads 



Number 



market. 



per day. 



averaged. 



market. 



per day. 



averaged. 



1 



6.3 



58 



4 



3.0 



150 



n 



0.6 



53 



5 



2.3 



128 



2 



4.8 



173 



6 



2.1 



77 



2i 



4.1 



79 



7 



1.9 



29 



3 



3.7 



210 



8 



1.9 



17 



3i 



3.4 



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WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1918 



