COST OF PRODUCING APPLES WESTERN NEW YORK. 



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apples by auto truck. One hundred and ninety-three orchardists 

 used teams for hauling an average of 23 packed barrels a distance 

 of 2.26 miles at a cost of $4.39 per acre, or about 5 cents per barrel. 

 The average cost per barrel per mile was a little over 2 cents. (See 

 Table XXII.) 



Figure 15 shows a typical western New York apple cold-storage 

 plant. 













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Fig. 15. — A typical western New York apple storage. 



Table XXII. — Average time and cost for hauling to the station when a crew of 

 1 man and 2 horses is used {western ~New York). 





Num- 

 ber of 

 rec- 

 ords. 



Yield 



per 



acre. 



Load 

 (bar- 

 rels). 



Per acre. 



Cost 



per 



barrel. 



Miles 

 hauled. 



Cost per 



County. 



Man 

 hours. 



Horse 

 hours. 



Cost. 



barrel 

 per mile. 





33 

 35 



46 

 46 

 33 



72.5 

 90.5 

 85.9 

 85.8 

 82.1 



24 

 22 

 22 

 24 

 20 



8.58 

 . 8.C6 

 8.07 

 8. SO 

 9.70 



17.16 

 17. 92 

 16.14 

 17. GO " 

 19.40 



$4.29 

 4.48 

 4.04 

 4.40 



4.85 



$0.0592 

 .0495 

 .0470 

 . 0513 

 .0591 



2.68 

 1.82 

 2.04 

 2.51 



2.26 



$0.0221 





.0272 





.0230 





.0204 





.0262 







Allcounties 



193 



83.8 



23 



S.77 



17. 54 



4.39 



.0524 



2.26 



. 0232 



SUMMARY OF COSTS. 



TOTAL HANDLING COSTS. 



The total harvest labor cost for the 218 farms studied in western 

 New York is $26.52 per acre, or 32 cents per barrel. Deducting the 

 value of culls, there is a net cost of $12.06 per acre for harvesting. 

 This is about 10 per cent of the total net cost of production. (See 

 Table XXIII.) 



