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BULLETIN 851, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



among those which enter into the cost of production, but is included 

 under the cost of barrels. The barrels necessary for the crop are 

 not usually all delivered at once, for the farmers do not ordinarily 

 have enough storage room for them. Uusally enough are delivered 

 and stored so that the grower will have sufficient to carry him 

 through the first few days of apple harvest. The rest of the barrels 

 are delivered later, and are usually unloaded in the orchard. 



Since some of the barrels are thus stored on the farm, it neces- 

 sitates hauling them to the orchard at harvest time. This hauling 

 is done by the farmer and is charged under " other hauling/' How- 

 ever, farmers often haul out each morning just enough barrels to 



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Fig. 14. — Hauling. a load of about 26 barrels to market, at a cost of about 2 cents per 



barrel per mile. 



last until one or more loads of packed apples are hauled to the 

 storage or shipping point, depending on the teamster returning 

 from storage or station to drive by the barn or shed and get more 

 barrels. (See fig. 13.) 



Where apples are packed in a packing shed, some of the growers 

 keep one man busy hauling the apples to the shed as picked. Either 

 baskets, crates, or barrels are used for this purpose. This cost is 

 also considered under " other hauling." 



There are different methods of hauling packed apples to the stor- 

 age or market ; generally the regular farm wagons are used. A crew 

 of one man and team will haul from 20 to 35 barrels per load, 

 depending upon the outfit. (See fig. 14.) A few growers haul the 



