38 BULLETIN 500, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTTJEE. 



Table XXX. — Packing-house charge. 





Mesa (average yield, 275). 



Delta (average yield, 294). 



Montrose (average vield, 

 272). 



% 



Operation. 



Per 

 cent of 

 records. 



Cost per box. 1 



Per 

 cent of 

 records. 



Cost per box. 



Per 



cent of 

 records. 



Cost per box. 





Actual. 



Regional. 



Actual. 



Regional. 



Actual. 



Redonal. 



Pack 



77.5 



22.4 



32.6 



4.1 



63.3 



6.1 



8.2 



100 



SO. 0440 

 .0610 

 .0144 

 .0072 

 .0144 

 .0118 

 .0316 

 .0030 



$0.0341 

 .0137 

 .0047 

 .0003 

 .0091 

 .0007 

 .0026 

 .0030 



6.6 



93.4 



29.5 



68.9 



1.6 



1.6 



3.3 



100 



$0.0440 

 .0610 

 .0144 

 .0072 

 . 0144' 

 .0118 

 .0316 

 .0029 



$0.0029 

 . .0570 

 .0042 

 .00-50 

 .0002 

 .0002 

 .0010 

 .0029 



13.3 ISWV0440 



$0.0059 





86.7 



6.7 



93.3 



.0610 

 .0144 

 .0072 



05*) 





.0010 



Xail 



0067 



Grade and nail 





Grade 



6.7 

 6.7 

 100 



.0118 

 .0316 

 .0096 



.0008 



Sort 



.0021 



Wait and miscellaneous 



.0096 









.068 







.073 





0.079 























$18. 76 

 75.04 







$21.59 

 86.37 





$°1. 46 















85.84 

















i "Actual'" cost is the cost for growers reporting, 

 records. 



Regional" cost is the actual cost distributed over all 



The totals of all labor costs are summarized, in Table XXXI. The 

 cost per box varies from SO. 3 7 in Delta to SO. 42 in Mesa, the 

 average being SO. 394. The labor cost per acre on all records is 

 SI 11. 88. There is considerable variation in cost on such items as 

 spraying and thinning, etc., owing to the difference in the intensive- 

 ness of the farming carried on in the three counties. 



Table XXXI. — Summary of all labor costs {125 ranches, western Colorado). 



Mesa (49 records, 275 yield. 



Delta (61 records. 294 yield). 



Item. 



Man- j Horse- 

 hours. ! hours. 



Cost 



Cost 



per 

 acre. 



per 

 box. 



Man- Horse- 

 hours, hours. 



Cost 

 per 

 acre. 



Cost 

 per 

 box. 



Manure 



Prune 



Haul brush 



Thin 



Cultivate 



Irrigate 



Spray 



Codling-moth bands 



Miscellaneous 



Haul snooks 



Haul to and from orchard 



Haul to ear 



Pick 



Pack. nail, grade 



Make boxes 



Total 



3.71 

 62.61 

 9.75 

 24.36 

 IS. 55 

 11.59 

 40.83 

 10.78 

 12.35 

 1.87 

 6.70 

 9.87 

 67.15 

 75.04 

 11.00 



7.42 



"l2."84' 



35.63 

 *29.2" 



.71 

 3.73 

 12.02 

 19.74 



$2.04 



$0,007 



21.91 



.080 



4.36 



.016 



6.09 



.022 



9.98 



.036 



2.90 



.011 



14.59 



.053 



2.70 



.010 



3.20 



.012 



1.03 



.004 



3.48 



.013 



5.43 



.020 



16.79 



.061 



18.76 



.068 



2.75 



.010 



121.29 $116.01 

 I 



5.03 

 47.73 

 8.46 

 15.42 

 14.08 

 15.66 

 24.71 

 1.31 

 9.58 

 2.77 

 10.16 

 15.10 



$2.62 

 16.71 



9.90 3. 



28.14 



IS. 21 



3.S6 

 7.74 

 3.91 

 S.91 

 .33 

 2.89 

 1.53 



3.33 



5.55 



19.48 



30.20 



78.35 i 19.59 



S6.3S 21.59 



-11.76 2.94 



8.31 



$0,423 346.50 123.91 $109.! 



$0,009 

 .057 

 .012 

 .013 

 .026 

 .013 

 .030 

 .001 

 .010 

 .005 

 .019 

 .028 

 .067 

 .073 

 .010 



$0,373 



