50 BULLETIN 518, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XX. — Material and fixed costs (54 farms). 



Item. 



Manure 



Lime-sulphur 



Lead 



Other spray material. . 

 Seed 



Cost of made up boxes. 

 Paper and nails ... 



Total material cost 41. 12 



Clean-culture; 30 

 records; yield, 218 

 boxes. 



$1.94 

 3.17 

 2.33 



2.68 



22. 45 

 8.55 



Equipment charge 



Apple building charge. 



Taxes 



Insurance 



Water rent 



Interest on investment. 



Total fixed cost 



Total material and fixed costs. 



6.34 

 4.13 



7.85 



.37 



.71 



74.53 



93.93 



135. 05 



SO. 0089 

 .0145 

 .010 

 .0123 



. 1030 

 .0392 



.0291 



.0189 



.0360 



.001 



.0033 



.3419 



4309 



.6195 



° -J 



a o 







1.42 

 1.05 

 1.20 



10.07 

 3.84 



18. 45 



2. 85 



1.85 



3.52 



.17 



.32 



33.45 



42.16 



60.61 



Mulch-crop; 24 rec- 

 ords; yield, 228 

 boxes. 



S2.57 



4.11 



2.61 



2.64 



.71 



23.48 

 8.94 



45.06 



6.71 

 2.18 

 8.61 

 .29 

 2.62 

 85.17 



105. .7s 



150. 64 



.0113 

 .0180 

 .0114 

 .0116 

 .0031 

 .1030 

 . 0392 



1976 



.0294 

 .0096 

 .0378 

 .0013 

 .0115 

 .3736 



4632 



1.11 

 1.77 

 1.12 

 1.14 

 .31 

 10.11 

 3.84 



40 



2.89 

 .94 



3.71 

 .12 



1.13 



45.45 



64.85 



All records; 54 records; 

 yield, 222 boxes. 



S2.22 



3.58 



2.45 



2.66 



.32 



22.87 

 8.70 



42. 



6.50 

 3.27 

 8.19 

 .33 

 1.56 

 79. 26 



>. 11 



§0. 0100 

 .0161 

 .0110 

 .0120 

 .0014 

 .1030 

 .0392 



1927 



.0292 

 .0147 

 .0364 

 .0015 

 .0070 

 .3570 



4458 



6385 



= 5 



1.56 

 2.52 

 1.73 

 1.87 

 .23 

 16.12 

 6.13 



0.98 

 1.58 

 1.08 

 1.17 

 .14 

 10.08 

 3.83 



30.16 18. 



4.58 

 2.31 

 5.77 

 .23 

 1.10 

 55.85 



69.84 



100. 00 



2.86 



1.44 



3.61 



.15 



.69 



34.92 



43.67 



62.53 



Table XX gives a summary of material and fixed costs for both 

 clean-culture and mulch-crop orchards. The two kinds of orchards 

 have very nearly the same cost per box for material, namely, $0,188 

 for the clean-culture and $0,197 for the mulch-crop orchards. The 

 difference come in the fixed costs, which are $0.43 per box for the 

 clean-culture and $0,463 for the mulch-crop orchards. This differ- 

 ence is due mainly to the high valuation of land in mulch crop and 

 the larger irrigation, or water tax, charge. The total material and 

 fixed cost for all records amounts to $141.91 per acre, or $0,638 per 

 box, or 62.53 per cent of the total annual cost of production. Of this 

 total material and fixed cost, 30.16 per cent is for material and 69.04 

 per cent is for fixed cost, or the material cost is 18.86 per cent and the 

 fixed cost 43.67 per cent of the total annual cost of production. 



TOTAL COSTS. 



The total of all annual costs, after crediting the orchard with hay 

 and culls, is $226.96 per acre, or $1,021 per box, of which 37^ per cent 

 is for labor and 62| per cent is for material and fixed cost. If the 

 orchards studied are separated into clean-culture and mulch-crop 

 systems there is found to be a total cost of $222.83 per acre, or $1,022 

 per box, for the former and $232.32 per acre, or $1,019 per box, for 

 the latter. Thus, although there is a difference in acre cost of $9.49, 

 the difference in box cost is only $0,003, the yield per acre being 10 

 boxes more in the case of the orchards in mulch crops than in those 

 under the clean-culture system. 



