COST OF PRODUCING APPLES IN WESTERN COLORADO. 39 



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



Item. 



Manure 



Prune 



Haul brush 



Thin 



Cultivate 



Irrigate 



Spray 



Coddling-moth bands 



Miscellaneous 



Haul shooks 



Haul to and from orchard . 



Haul to car 



Pick 



Pack, nail, grade ■ 



Make boxes 



Total 328. 48 



Montrose (15 records, 272 yield). 



Man- 

 hours. 



7.77 

 48.59 

 6.43 

 5.35 

 15.25 

 12.99 

 18.54 



11.50 

 2.94 

 10.12 

 14.04 



78.27 

 85.84 

 10.85 



Horse- 

 hours. 



15.55 



7.78 

 30.50 



'i2.*77 



7.80 

 5.87 

 20.24 

 28.08 



Cost 

 per 

 acre. 



$4.28 

 17.01 

 2.77 

 1.34 

 8.39 

 3.25 

 6.55 



4.05 

 1.62 

 5.57 

 7.72 

 19.57 

 21.46 

 2.72 



128.59 $106.30 



Cost 

 per 

 box. 



$0. 016 

 .063 

 .010 

 .005 

 .031 

 .012 

 .024 



.015 

 .006 

 .021 

 .028 

 .072 

 .079 

 .010 



$0,392 352.03 



All records (125, 284 yield). 



Man- 

 hours. 



4.84 

 53.66 



8.72 

 17.71 

 15.97 

 13.74 

 30.29 



4.87 

 10.90 



2.44 



8.79 

 12.92 

 73.95 

 81.87 

 11.36 



Horse- 

 hours. 



10.64 

 31.36 



21.87 



2.84 



4.87 



16.65 



25.85 



Cost 

 per 

 acre. 



$2.59 

 18.78 

 3.78 

 4.43 

 8.70 

 3.44 

 10.85 

 1.22 

 3.14 

 1.34 

 4.70 

 7.11 

 18.49 

 20.47 

 2.84 



123.29 $111.88 



Cost 

 per 

 box. 



$0. 009 

 .066 

 .013 

 .016 

 .031 

 .012 

 .038 

 .004 

 .011 

 .005 

 .017 

 .025 

 .065 

 .072 

 .010 



$0,394 



It should be borne in mind that this table is for labor only, includ- 

 ing no material of any kind, and that it represents but about 50 per 

 cent of the cost of delivering a box of apples f. o. b. at the shipping 

 station. 



YIELDS. 



In determining average yields, figures were obtained for five years, 

 where possible, and an average taken by age of trees, thus scattering 

 light yields occasioned by frost. This method gives a fairer figure 

 than could be obtained by taking the average by years, since in that 

 case the light yields would be bunched. (See Table XXXII.) 



Averages were taken from the ages of 13 to 18 years, inclusive. On 

 the farms studied it was found that in Mesa County the average yield 

 for full-bearing trees 13 to 18 years old was 275 packed boxes or 3.9 

 boxes per tree. On those in Delta County there was an average 

 yield on the same age trees of 294 boxes per acre or 3.8 boxes per 

 tree, and in Montrose County there was an average of 272 boxes, or 

 3.8 boxes per tree. 



Table XXXII. — Average yield per acre and per tree {125 ranches, western Colorado). 





Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Yiela 

 per 



tree. 



Number of estimates of different ages. 



County. 



13 

 years. 



14 



years. 



15 



years. 



16 17 

 years. ; years. 



18 

 years. 



13 to 18 



years 



inclusive. 



Mesa 



275 



294 

 272 



3.9 

 • 3.8 



3.8 



22 

 40 

 11 



23 



33 

 10 



26 

 31 

 9 



20 

 31 

 6 



21 

 27 

 6 



14 



13 



126 

 175 



Delta 



Montrose 







All counties 



284 



3.8 



73 



66 



66 



57 



54 



29 



345 





