COST OF PRODUCTION OF APPLES, PAYETTE VALLEY, IDAHO. 31 

 Table XIV. — Summary table of all labor costs, 38 farms in Payette Valley, Idaho. 





Clean-cultural manage- 

 ment (16 records; 336 

 boxes per record). 



Mulch-crop manage- 

 ment (22 records; 338 

 boxes per record). 



Combined management (38 

 records; 337 boxes per record). 



Item. 



Cost 

 per 

 acre. 



Cost 

 per 

 box. 



Per 



cent 



of 



total 



net 

 cost. 



Cost 

 per 

 acre. 



Cost 

 per 

 box. 



Per 

 cent 



of 

 total 



net 

 cost. 



Cost 

 per 

 acre. 



Cost 

 per 

 box. 



Per 

 cent of 

 total 

 net 

 labor 

 cost. 



Per 



cent 



of 



total 



net 

 cost. 



Manuring 



Pruning 



$1.74 

 8.47 

 3.59 

 1.44 

 7.93 

 1.98 

 8.41 

 1.81 

 1.23 

 2.44 

 6.38 



$0. 0052 

 . 0252 

 .0107 

 .0043 

 . 0236 

 .0059 

 .0250 

 .0054 

 .0037 

 .0072 

 .0190 



0.74 

 3.58 

 1.52 



.61 

 3.35 



.84 

 3.56 



.77 



.53 



1.02 



' 2.70 



$1. 94 



10.22 



3.34 



.42 



2.30 



1.79 



10.25 



2.87 



1.54 



2.64 



7.84 



.01 



1.87 



$0. 0057 

 .0302 

 .0099 

 .0013 

 .0068 

 . 0053 

 .0303 

 .0085 

 .0046 

 .0078 

 .0232 



0.79 



4.22 



1.38 



.18 



.95 



.74 



4.23 



1.19 



.64 



1.09 



3.24 



$1.85 

 9.48 

 3.45 

 .85 

 4.67 

 1.87 

 9.47 

 2.42 

 1.41 

 2.56 

 7.22 



$0. 0055 

 .0281 

 .0103 

 .0025 

 .0139 

 .0055 

 .0281 

 .0072 

 .0042 

 .0076 

 .0214 



1.79 

 9.16 

 3.36 

 .81 

 4.53 

 1.79 

 9.16 

 2.35 

 1.37 

 2.48 

 6.98 



0.77 

 3.95 



Disposal of brush 



Plowing 



1.45 

 .35 



Cultivating. 



Irrigating 



1.96 



.78 



Thinning 



3.95 



Propping 



1.01 





.59 





1.06 





3.01 















.0055 



.77 



1.08 



.0032 



1.04 



.45 













Total labor cost previous 

 to handling 



45.42 



.1352 



19.22 



47.03 



. 1391 



19.42 



46.33 



.1375 



44.82 



19.33 







Hay credit 









9.27 

 .50 



.0274 

 .0015 



3.82 

 .21 



5.37 



.58 



.0160 

 .0017 



5.22 

 .55 



2.25 



Wood credit 



.69 



.0021 



.30 



.24 







Total credit 



.69 



.0021 



.30 



9.77 



.0289 



4.03 



5.95 



.0177 



5.77 



2.49 





i 



Total net labor cost pre- 

 vious to handling 



44.73 



.1331 



18.92 



37.26 



.1102 



15. 39 



40.38 



.1198 



39.05 



16.84 





.68 



5.27 

 15.45 

 37.39 



4.60 

 .94 



.0020 



.0157 

 .0460 

 .1113 



.0137 



.0028 



.28 



2.23 

 6.54 

 15.82 



1.95 

 .40 



.46 



4.13 

 15.82 

 44.73 



5.56 

 .50 



.0014 



.0122 



.0468 

 .1323 



.0165 

 .0015 



.20 



1.70 

 6.54 



18.47 



2.30 

 .21 



.55 



4.61 

 15.67 

 41.64 



5.16 

 .68 



.0016 



.0137 

 .0465 

 .1236 



.0153 

 .0020 



.52 



4.46 

 15.16 

 40.29 



4.99 

 .65 



.23 



Hauling loose boxes to and 

 f rom orchard 



1.93 



Picking and orchard foreman 



All packing-house labor 



Hauling to station or associa- 

 tion 



6.54 

 17.38 



2.15 



Picking up and hauling culls. 



.28 



Total labor cost f-o r 

 handling 



64.33 

 5.40 



.1915 

 .0161 



27.22 

 2.29 



71.20 



5.22 



.2107 

 .0155 



29.42 

 2.17 



68.31 

 5.29 



.2027 

 .0157 



66.07 

 5.12 



28.51 



Credit for culls 



2.21 







Total net labor cost for 

 handling ,. 



58.93 



.1754 



24. 93 



65.98 



.1952 



27.25 



63.02 



.1870 



60.95 



26.30 



Total net cost of all labor. 



103. 66 



.3085 



43.85 



103. 24 



.3054 



42.64 



103. 40 



.3068 



100. 00 



43.14 



MATERIAL AND FIXED COSTS. 



Costs other than labor, including the material and fixed cost, 

 amount to $136.25 per acre, or 56.86 per cent of the total annual net 

 cost of production. (See Table XV.) The material costs are made up 

 of manure, spray materials (including lime-sulphur, lead, and other 

 spray materials used), seed, and the cost of made-up box, including 

 paper and nails. This material cost amounts to $72.94 per acre, or 

 $0.2164 per box. It makes up 30.43 per cent of the total annual net 

 cost of production. There was no appreciable difference between the 

 material costs of the clean-cultural and mulch-crop orchards, the cost 

 being $0.2148 per box in the case of the clean-cultural and $0.2176 

 per, box in the case of the mulch-crop orchards. The cost of made-up 



