COST OF PRODUCING APPLES IN HOOD EWER VALLEY. 



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Table XXI. — Summary of 



ill costs for 



Hood River 



(54 fa 



'ms). 







Clean-culture. 



30 records; yield, 218 



boxes. 



Mulch-crop. 



24 records; yield, 228 



boxes. 



All records. 



54 records; yield, 222 



boxes. 





Cost 

 per 

 acre. 



Cost 

 per 

 box. 



Per 



cent 



of total 



cost. 



Cost 

 per 

 acre. 



Cost 

 per 

 box. 



Per 



cent 



of total 



cost. 



Cost 

 per 

 acre. 



Cost 

 per 

 box. 



Per 



cent 



of total 



cost. 



Net cost of labor prior to 

 harvest 



$43. 63 

 44.15 



10.2001 

 .2025 



19.58 

 19.81 



$35.41 



46.27 



$0. 1554 

 .2029 



15.24 

 19.91 



$39. 97 



45.08 



$0. 1801 

 .2031 



17.61 



Net cost of labor for harvest- 

 ing 



19.86 







Net cost of all labor 



87.78 



.4026 



39.39 



81.68 



.3583 



35.15 



85.05 



.3832 



37.47 







Material cost 



41.1,2 



.1886 



18.45 



45.06 



.1976 



19.40 



42.80 



.1927 



18.86 







Fixed cost 



93.93 



.4309 



42.16 



105. 58 



.4632 



45.45 



99.11 



.4458 



43.67 







Material and fixed costs 



135. 05 



.6195 



60.61 



150- 64 



.6608 



64.85 



141.91 



.6385 



62.53 



Total cost 



222.83 



1.0221 



100 232. 32 



1.0191 



100 



226. 96 



1.0217 



100 











Table XXI shows the summary of these costs and their relative 

 percentage of the total annual cost. 



On the farms studied the total annual cost of production is influ- 

 enced by several factors, but the factor of greatest influence appar- 

 ently is the average yield per acre. Table XXII has been prepared 

 to show this influence. It will be seen that the larger the yield the 

 higher the acre cost but the lower the box cost. For instance, in the 

 case of orchards with a yield of 440 boxes there is a cost of $304.66 

 per acre, or $0,691 per box, while in the case of the other extreme, 

 with a yield of 115 boxes per acre, there is a cost of $180.51 per acre, 

 or $1.57 per box. In other words, the lowest yielding orchards have 

 a total acre cost of $121.15 less than the highest yielding ones, but 

 a total box cost of $0.88 more. Those orchards with a yield of 177 

 boxes per acre have an acre cost of $200.68, or $1.13 per box, as com- 

 pared with orchards with a yield of 335 boxes and an acre cost of 

 $282.27 or a box cost of $0.8121. As between these two groups the 

 acre cost is $81.59 less in the case of the small yield, but $0,288 more 

 per box. 



Table XXIII. — Relation of yield to total annual eost of production (54 farms). 





Aver- 

 age 



yield 

 (in 



boxes). 



Costs. 





Yield 

 (in boxes). 



Maintenance. 



Handling. 



Material. 



Fixed. 



Total. 



Number 



of 

 records. 





Acre. Box. 



Acre. 



Box. 



Acre. 



Box. 



Acre. 



Box. 



Acre. 



Box. 





150 and under.. 



151 to 200 



201 to 250 .... 



251 to 300 



301 to 400 



Over 400 



115 

 177.6 

 • 219. 6 



270 

 335.2 



440.8 



$36. 33 $0. 3168 

 34.63 .1950 

 37.011 .1685 

 45.05 .1669 

 53. 88 . 1607 

 48.26; .1095 



$23. 62 

 35.37 

 40.73 

 59.80 

 74.37 

 88.08 



$0. 2054 

 .1992 

 .1855 

 .2215 

 .2219 

 .1998 



$24. 64 

 34.23 

 43.81 

 51.97 

 60.36 

 76.32 



$0. 2143 

 .1927 

 .1995 

 .1925 

 .1801 

 .1731 



$95. 92 

 96.45 

 105. 08 

 101.12 

 93.66 

 92 



$0. 8341 

 .5431 

 .4785 

 .3745 

 .2794 

 .2087 



$180.51 

 200.68 

 226. 63 

 257.94 

 282. 27 

 304. 66 



$1.5706 



1.1300 



1.0320 



.9554 



.8421 



.6911 



11 

 10 



17 

 7 

 6 

 3 



All records . 



222 



39.97 .1801 



45.08 



.2031 



42.80 



.1927 



99.11 



.4458 



226. 96 



1.0217 



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