OPERATING COSTS OF A NEW YORK APPLE ORCHARD. 



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The marketable barreled Baldwin crop was picked by contract 

 labor at a cost of 16 cents per barrel. 



During the season 30 Baldwin trees were thinned. About half the 

 fruit was removed when the size of walnuts at a cost of 20 cents per 

 tree. At harvest time the same quantity of marketable apples was 

 picked from these trees as from 30 Baldwin trees which were not 

 thinned. 



Table IV shows the number of barrels of Baldwin apples picked 

 by contract labor in 1912, together with the cost of picking. 



Table IV. — Number of barrels of Baldwin apples and cost per barrel of picking by con- 

 tract labor on the Wellman orchard in 1912. 





Rate to 

 picker 



per 

 barrel. 



Number 



of 

 barrels, i 



Cost of picking. 



Average 

 number 

 of barrels 

 picked 

 per day. 



Cost per 

 barrel. 



Pickers. 



Cash. 



Board. 



Total. 



G. L 



.12 



.12 



.11 



.12 



.125 



.135 



.11 



.11 



.12 



.12 



.10 



321 

 123 



74 

 210 



84 

 383 

 144 



45 

 105 

 165 

 225 



32 













Do 



$50. 07 

 8.88 



$13. 50 

 2.25 



$63. 57 

 11.13 



31.5 



24.7 



$0. 143 



B. W 



.15 



M.R 





Do 



33.18 



14.25 



47.43 



18.1 



.161 



A. R 





Do 



67.32 

 4.95 

 11.55 

 19.80 

 27.00 

 3.20 



3.80 

 2.25 

 5.25 

 3.00 

 4.20 

 2.25 



71.12 

 7.20 

 16.80 

 22.80 

 31.20 

 5.45 



31.5 

 21.4 

 16.4 

 41.3 



28 

 10.7 



.135 



T. S 



.16 



H.L 



.16 



R. K 



.138 



C. M 



.139 



C 



.17 







Total 





1,911 



225. 95 



50.75 



276. 70 









.118 





.145 















i Of 1,911 barrels picked by contract labor, 1,712 barrels were marketable, 

 the marketable barreled apples was 16 cents per barrel. 



The average cost of picking 



In 1911 the packing time was nearly equally divided between 

 orchard and barn. The average cost of packing was 8 cents per 

 barrel. 



In 1912 the average cost of packing apples was 9 cents per barrel. 

 An account was taken of the time actually spent in packing apples 

 in the orchard and in the barn in 1912. There were 854 barrels 

 packed in the orchard at a cost of 7.7 cents per barrel, while 1,250 

 barrels were packed in the barn at a cost of 13.2 cents per barrel. In 

 considering the cost of packing in the barn the actual time charge 

 would amount to 9.7 cents per barrel. The cost of hauling these 

 apples to the barn was 3.5 cents per barrel, which is part of the pack- 

 ing cost. 



MARKETING. 



In 1911 the labor of hauling the dried and the barreled apples was 

 combined, and therefore the cost of hauling the barreled apples 

 to market can not be ascertained for that year. In 1912, however, 



