COST OF PRODUCING APPLES IN WESTERN COLORADO. 



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HAULING TO ORCHARD AND BACK TO PACKING SHED. 



In hauling to and from the orchard it is the usual practice to 

 haul the empty boxes out and distribute them as needed and haul full 

 ones in on the same truck or sled. In nearly 80 per cent of the records 

 a truck is used for this purpose. The 1-2 crew is the most common. 

 For the smaller orchards the hauling is often done by the owner, 

 who may also nail up the boxes or do other work about the packing 

 house. The average load of full boxes drawn is 38 with the 1-2 

 crew and 20 with the 1-1 crew. In hauling out the empties the size 

 of the load is about double the number of full boxes hauled in. Tables 

 XXV and XXVI cover both hauling out and in. The costs per box 

 are for packed boxes — not loose boxes as they are hauled from the 

 orchard. The estimates in most cases were that 3 loose boxes would 

 make 2 packed boxes and the costs are figured in that basis. Table 

 XXVII serves to show how the counties compare in practice and 

 time and cost per box, regardless of the method used. 



Table XXV. — Hauling to and from packing shed (1-2 crew). 



County and number of records. 



Yield 



per acre, 



packed 



boxes. 



Yield 



per acre, 



loose 



boxes. 



Man- 

 hours 

 per 

 acre. 



Horse- 

 hours 

 per 

 acre. 



Boxes 

 per 

 load. 



Boxes 

 in 10 



hours. 



Cost 

 per 

 acre. 



Cost 

 per box. 



Mesa, 41 



275 

 294 

 272 



413 



441 

 408 



6.36 

 9.82 

 10.12 



12.73 



19.64 

 20.24 



33 

 40 



42 



649 

 449 

 403 



$3.50 

 5.40 



5.57 



$0. 0127 



Delta, 58 



.0184 





.0205 







AH counties, 114 



284 



426 



8.62 



17.23 



38 



515 



4.74 



. 01662 







Table XXVI. — Hauling to and from packing shed (1-1 crew). 



County and number of records. 



Yield 



per acre, 



packed 



boxes. 



Yield 



per acre, 



loose 



boxes. 



Man- 

 hours 

 per 

 acre. 



Horse- 

 hours 

 per 

 acre. 



Boxes 

 per 

 load. 



Boxes 

 in 10 

 hours. 



Cost 

 per 

 acre. 



Cost 

 per box. 



Mesa, 8 



275 

 294 



272 



413 



441 

 408 



8.43 

 16.52 



8.43 

 16.52 



20 

 21 



490 

 267 



$3.37 

 6.60 



$0. 01226 



Delta, 3 



. 02244 



Montrose, 















All counties, 11 



284 i 426 



10.64 



10.64 



20 429 



4.25 



.01504 















The average distance hauled is less than in hauling shooks, for in 

 hauling the full boxes they are hauled usually to the nearest railroad 

 siding, while shooks are more often hauled from the main railroad 

 station. Some growers haul part of their shooks back with them 

 after they have taken a load of full boxes to the car, but the average 

 time and costs are figured on the practice of the great majority of 

 growers. 



A few growers, particularly in Paonia, haul the loose boxes to the 

 association warehouse, where they are packed at a fixed cost per box. 

 However, none of the growers considered in these records follow 

 this practice. 



