COST OF PRODUCING APPLES IX HOOD RIVER VALLEY. 



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house costs, there is a total cost for handling of $79.92 per acre, or 

 $0.36 per box. This is 35.21 per cent of the total annual cost of 

 production. 



TOTAL LABOR COSTS. 



Table XIX summarizes the labor costs per acre and per box for 

 both the clean-culture and the mulch-crop system of management. 



Table XIX. — Summary of all labor costs. 



Clean cultural; 30 records; 

 yield 218 boxes. 



Manuring 



Pruning ' — 



Disposal of brush 



Plowing 



Cultivating 



Irrigating 



Thinning 



Propping 



Miscellaneous 



Lime-sulphur spray 



Other sprays 



Sowing mulch crop 



Harvesting mulch crop. 



Total labor cost 

 previous to har- 

 vesting 4; 



Hay credit 



SI. 60 

 5.28 

 2.45 

 1.10 



10.64 

 .71 

 5.60 

 5.71 

 2.03 

 1.30 

 7.21 



SO. 0073 

 .0242 

 .0112 

 .0050 

 . 0488 

 .0033 

 .0257 

 .0262 

 .0093 

 .0060 

 .0331 



Total net labor 

 cost previous to 

 harvesting 



Haul shooks 



Haul loose boxes to and 



from orchard 



Picking 



All packing house labor. 



Haul to station 



Pick up and haul culls . . 



Total labor cost for 



harvesting 



Credit for culls 



Total net labor cost 

 for harvesting . . . 



Total net cost for 

 all labor 



43. 63 



.84 



3.55 



11.97 



23.59 



8.40 



1.11 



49.46 

 5.31 



87.78 



.2001 



.2001 



. 0039 



.0163 

 .0594 

 .1082 

 .0385 

 .0051 



2269 

 0244 



2025 



4026 



1 w 



03 II 



G% -^ ? 



Sh.O 



1.82 

 6.02 

 2.79 

 1.25 

 12.12 

 .81 

 6.38 

 6.51 

 2.31 

 1.48 

 8.21 



49.70 



4.05 



13.64 



26. 87 



9.57 



1.26 



56.35 

 6.05 



50.30 



100.00 



<s.2 



1.10 

 .49 



4.78 

 .32 



2.51 



2.56 

 .91 

 .58 



3.24 



Mulch crop; 24 records; 

 yield 228 boxes. 



SI. 01 

 5.74 

 2.25 



.70 

 3.74 

 6.66 

 5.47 

 5.58 

 1.17 

 1.52 

 7.70 



.05 

 3.41 



SO. 0044 

 .0252 

 .0099 

 .0031 

 .0164 

 .0292 

 .0240 

 .0245 

 .0051 

 .0067 

 . 0338 

 .0002 

 .0150 



19. 58 45. 00 



.38 



1.59 



5.37 



10.58 



3.77 



.50 



22.19 

 2.38 



19.81 



39.39 



.82 



3.64 



13. 46 



24.09 



8.14 



1.03 



51.18 

 4.91 



81.68 



.1975 

 .0421 



e 2 

 as -— 



1.24 

 7.03 

 2.75 



.86 

 4.58 

 8.15 

 6.70 

 6.83 

 1.43 

 1.86 

 9.43 



.06 

 4.17 



■2d 



S° 



U O 

 <B 



55.09 

 11.74 



1554 43.35 



. 0036 1. 00 



. 0160! 4. 46 

 .0590; 16.48 

 .1057 ; 29.49 

 . 0357! 9. 97 

 .0045 1.26 



.2244! 62.66 

 .0215: 6.01 



7 2029 56.65 



,3583100.00 



0.44 



2.47 



.97 



.30 



1.61 



2.87 



2.36 



2.40 



.50 



.65 



3.31 



.02 



1.47 



19.37 

 4.13 



.35 



1.57 



5.79 



10.37 



3.50 



.44 



22.02 

 2.11 



19.91 



35.15 



All records; 54 records; 

 yield 222 boxes. 



SI. 34 

 5.48 

 2.36 

 .92 

 7. 57 

 3.35 

 5.54 

 5.65 

 1.65 

 1.40 

 7.43 

 .02 

 1.52 



44.23 

 4.26 



39.97 



.83 



3.59 



12.63 



23.81 



8.28 



1.07 



50.21 

 5.13 



45.08 



85.05 



SO. 0060 

 .0247 

 .0106 

 .0041 

 . 0341 

 .0151 

 .0250 

 .0255 

 .0074 

 .0063 

 .0335 

 .0001 

 .0068 



.1992 

 .0191 



c 2 



1.58 

 6.44 

 2.77 

 1.08 

 8.90 

 3.94 

 6.51 

 6.64 

 1.94 

 1.65 

 8.74 

 .02 

 1.79 



5d 



03 O 



fe ° 

 Ph 



0.59 



2.41 



1.04 



.40 



3.34 



1.48 



2.44 



2.49 



.73 



.62 



3.27 



.01 



.67 



52.00 19. 

 5.01 1. 



17.61 



.0037 



.0162 

 .0569 

 .1073 

 .0373 

 .0048 



.2262 

 .0231 



2031 



.98 



4. 22 

 i.85 



.04 



53.01 



3832100.00 



.37 



1.58 



5.56 



10.49 



3.65 



.47 



22.12 

 2.26 



37.47 



It will be seen from this table that soil management is the only factor 

 of either system that has any great influence on the labor-cost items. 

 The only credits are for hay and culls, the hay credit lowering the 

 net cost of maintenance somewhat, this cost being $43.63 per acre 

 in the clean-culture and $35.41 per acre in the mulch-crop orchards. 



