54 BULLETIN 614, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
ORCHARD HAULING. 
In the larger orchards one man is employed exclusively in orchard 
hauling. In the smaller orchards it is not necessary for one man to 
be constantly employed in hauling to and from the orchard. Asa 
rule, the owner does the orchard hauling and either superintends the 
pickers or assists in the packing house when not employed in hauling. 
In general the orchardists here consider the hauling to and from the 
orchard as separate operations, and they have so been considered in 
this study. The majority of orchardists use a low truck wagon with 
one man and a team for hauling. (See fig. 10.) A fewin the smaller 
orchards use a sled with either one man and two horses or one man 
and one horse. (See fig. 11.) Practically the same methods are 
practiced in both districts. 
On the farms studied in the North Yakima district 33 orchardists 
used a wagon for orchard hauling, 22 had a crew of one man and two 
horses, and 11 had one man and one horse. Thirteen used a sled, 6 
with a crew of one man and two horses and 7 with one man and one 
horse. There were 18 orchardists whose time of hauling to and from 
the orchard was lumped as one item. 
On the farms studied in the Zillah district 36 orchardists ay a 
wagon for hauling, with a crew of one man and two horses; 9 used 
a sled, 8 with a crew of one man and two horses and one with one man 
and one horse; and 4 used a wagon with two men and two horses. 
There were 7 whose time of hauling to and from the orchard was 
lumped as one item. 
TABLE XX XIX.—Comparative cost of hauling boxes to and from the orchard on a wagon 
or a sled when both operations are done with a crew of one man and two horses (62 farms, 
. Yakima Valley). 
Empty boxes to orchard. | Full boxes from orchard. 
Total 
ec a a eA TB ae Re Fe t Total 
: Rec- cos t 
Vehicle er cos 
: ords. | Boxes | Cost per} Cost per | Boxes |Cost per | Cost per ee > per 
per loose | packed |} per loose | packed D ce packed 
load. box. box. load. box. box. * box. 
Wi Omer ake ee 50 91 | $0.0040 | $0. 0061 40 | $0.0093 | $0.0139 | $0.0133 | $0.0200 
SIRO eS EcH BH ose cae eee 12 60 . 0056 . 0084 20 . 0119 . 0179 . 0175 . 0263 
Table XX XIX gives the average number of boxes, empty and 
full, hauled on a wagon or sled by a crew of one man and two horses. 
The total cost of hauling is somewhat larger where a sled is used. 
The actual average cost of 95 orchardists for hauling to the orchard, 
regardless of crew or method employed, was $0.0045 per empty box, 
or $0.0068 per packed box. Twelve of this number hauled their 
apples directly to a central packing house, while the average actual 
cost for the remaining 83 for hauling loose boxes to the packing shed 
on the ranch, regardless of crew or method employed, was $0.0045 
per loose box or $0.0068 per packed box. 
