COST OF PRODUCING APPLES — WESTERN NEW YORK. 



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Table XXIII. — Summary of all labor costs (218 records, Western New York, 

 1910-1915, inclusive) — Continued. 



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Niagara (35 records; 

 81.4 barrels). 



Five counties (218 records; 84.1 barrels). 



Item. 



Cost. 



Cost. 



Per cent 



of total 



net labor 



cost. 



Percent 





Per 

 acre. 



Per 



barrel. 



Per 



acre. 



Per 



barrel. 



of total 

 net cost. 





$12.08 



$0. 1484 



$12.05 



.92 



6.34 



1.94 



$0. 1433 

 .0109 

 .0754 

 .0231 



$33.38 

 2.55 

 17.56 

 5.37 



$10. 15 









6.99 

 1.82 



.0859 

 .0223 



5.34 





1.63 







Total handling labor cost 



26.63 

 10.91 



.3271 

 .1340 



26.52 

 14.46 



.3153 

 .1719 



73.46 

 40.05 



22.32 

 12.17 









15.72 

 41.21 



.1931 

 .5063 



12.06 

 36.10 



.1434 

 .4293 



33.41 

 100.00 



10.15 

 30.39 











TOTAL LABOR COST. 



The total labor cost for the 218 farms amounted to $51.27 per acre, 

 or 61 cents per barrel. After credit is allowed for pasture and cull 

 apples there is a net labor cost of $36.10 per acre, or 43 cents per 

 barrel, which is about 30 per cent of the total net cost of production. 

 The net maintenance cost per barrel is 29 cents, or 67 per cent of 

 the total net labor, while the net handling cost per barrel is 14 cents, 

 or 33 per cent of the total labor cost. 



COSTS OTHER THAN LABOR. 



Costs other than labor comprise material and fixed costs. The 

 former includes the charge for barrels, spray materials, manure, 

 fertilizer, cover crop, seed, gasoline, oil, etc. The latter includes 

 owned equipment and building charges, spray rig hire, taxes, in- 

 surance, and interest on investment. 



The average price per ton of manure is $1.75. The average amount 

 applied annually per acre is 4.83 tons, making the yearly cost $8.45 

 per acre, or 10 cents per barrel. 



Spraying materials are charged at regular prices paid, or the 

 farmer's estimated value of the same. Commercial lime-sulphur 

 price was given at 14 cents per gallon, while the estimated value of 

 the homemade material was 7 cents per gallon. The majority of 

 growers used lead arsenate paste as a poison. A few used dry lead 

 arsenate. The prices of the former vary to some extent, but in ar- 

 riving at the cost given herein an average of 8 cents per pound was 

 used. A tobacco extract was often used at a cost of $12.50 per 

 gallon. 



