COST OF PRODUCING APPLES IN YAKIMA VALLEY. iS 
TaBLE VI.—Average size of ranch and bearing orchard and average investment per ranch 
and per acre for 56 ranches in Zillah district. 
Method of culture. 
Item. 
Clean. | Mulch-crop | Combined. 
Number ORECCORIS#e ses aaa aaa tans ote sasak 2 Je. Se CE eae 32 24 56 
Average acreage per ranch: | 
IROfale sae eee ee ere artes: Saas om ces Sahel et tS 8 Soe | 22.26 | 20. 66 21.57 
inuhearingapple orchards). .0-5: 212.502 1s EW hae (eas | 7.70 | 7.85 Rilke 
Average investment per ranch: bia é 
ARG Galea See pen een eee se. Senn eh eee oh Ries hott aa ae ee arate | $13, 487.83 | $12, 833.06 | $13, 207.21 
Mandsanad gM PERO VeMeNGe a. es sles see ee hl eae tee eY Oe ey, | 12,334.06 | 11, 787.29 12, 099. 73 
hpearineian ple OkGh ard s.s o> aceasta emcee Shae eens oslo | 4,338.75 4, 503.13 4,409.20 
IB (UID MICIG sec ee. 5 secure See roe ase Scie sis a cae cee EE Se oes | 486.25 464.46 476.91 
Average investment per acre apple orchard: 
Gua ewes a ee ee eer aes tes. OC eadcae ae ee ease see Sees 564.38 | 562.50 563.57 
HB} GURL PI GEN arene ras ore rete rae esos ke eels (area rain ors ee Sterns | 25.62 | 26.62 26.09 
Per cent value apple orchard is of total investment per ranch !..._.. | 35. 42 | 39. 64 37.23 
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1 Average of percentage figures for the individual ranches. 
The interest on the apple-orchard investment in these districts is 
very high, averaging 24.98 per cent of the total annual net cost of 
production on the 120 farms studied. | 
The investment in equipment is heavy, totaling $342.97 per ranch, 
or $35.08 per acre, in the North Yakima district; $476.91 per ranch, 
or $26.09 per acre, in the Zillah district; and $405.48 per ranch, or 
$30.88 per acre, for the 120 ranches studied. 
The equipment investment usually includes all necessary equip- 
ment for‘ orchard work, such as spray outfit, spring and spike tooth 
harrows, plows, cultivators, wagons, pruning tools, ladders, and mis- 
cellaneous orchard tools. 
The average investment per ranch for the 120 considered in this 
study was $14,504.32, of which $6,071.38 was in bearing apple or- 
chards. -(Ranches averaged 15.82 acres and orchards 6.39 acres.) 
This apple-orchard investment is 45.41 per cent, of the total invest- 
ment. : 
TaBLeE VII.—Comparative investments of four commercial apple-producing regions. 
ee Hood r 
Yakima . Wenatchee} Western 
Item. Valley. Valley Valley. | Colorado. 
Average investment per ranch...../......--....-...---- $14, 504.32 | $23,487.36 | $20,974.00 | $16, 366.87 
Average land and improvement investment per ranch..| $13, 638.73 | $22,503.70 | $20,097.00 | $15,340.14 
Investment in bearing apple orchard per ranch.-.....-.- $6, 071.38 | $12,257.87 | $12, 250.00 $6, 657. 34 
Investment in bearing apple orchard per acre.........-. $1, 079. 67 $990.74 | $1,925.00 $653.49 
Equipment investment per ranch .......--...---------- $405.48 $491. 87 $444.00 $708.51 
Equipment investment of bearing apple orchard per 
NG One see Ba oe LR Se eT re era | $30. 88 $22. 67 $44.65 $29.56 
Per cent value of total ranch investment the bearing 
orchard represents............- 2 AO SE Pe Sie ay See RE 45.41 54.03 58. 00 40.70 
MUCTASC ACTEGIPERTANCH 2 5.0.) occ. 22 lla s- se ese lesen! 15. 82 39.49 11.40 38.24 
Average acres in bearing apples per ranch-.-....--.-.---- 6.39 12.45 6.50 10.81 
