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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
HORTICULTURAL EXPERIENCE TABLE 
Standards of Efficiency in Labor, in Machinery, in Management, Labor, Cost 
Selling, ete. | 
| 
and 
Money Cost per Unit of Work 
| Woe of Work Recus ; Mater- | Items |Oeteee) ors 
. . ork ‘Require ater- ms nit o one 
Kind of Work ditons Method of Men Wages |0 one tin ials | of Cost | Work ‘per hour Reported 
| Horses hours) Done [per man 
6 hours | — gals.| labor | per gal. — 
Spraying 3-yr oldj/Weather| Power | 2 men [$2.50 ea 350 trees isid'Rex| Srray [ber £2 
Peach trees andy ass 1, $5.00 Pe Spray perbarrel 
hired by | 
the day 
i i i 1man | $250 [18 boxes! 5 hours Labor | $0.07 | 6 boxes SF 
0 oes . ot ae a day $1.25 | per box Smyzer 
scattered, Wapato 
8-year | Wash, 
old trees; | 
cr | | Ne 
Clearing land. . : 
Leveling land (ex-' | 
treme and ordi- | | 
nary cases). 
Putting Water on | by. | | 
wee gasoline 
pump i i 
by | 
electric | | 
etc. | | | 
| 
Flume building. | | 
Blasting hardpan. | | | | | 
Planting | | | 
Irrigating. | 
Cultivating | | | | 
Picking . | 
Packing . | ! | 
Box making | 
Storing. . | | | 
Sire | _ 
| Foot 
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(Arrangement suggested by Prof. S. F, Smyzer, North Yakima, Wash., covering 
the various items of orchard cost.) 
SOME POINTS IN ORCHARD 
MANAGEMENT 
Adapted to North Central Washington 
Organization of the Company Orchard 
Work 
The consulting horticulturist, who has 
charge of the orchard work makes 
trips to the orchards every few weeks 
and, with the other officers of the com- 
pany, outlines the work in advance. The 
consulting horticulturist stays with the 
heads of departments and men until he is 
sure that all details of the work will be 
carried out properly. 
Next in line is the superintendent or 
foreman. This office is filled by a man 
well up in horticulture and who also has 
executive ability. Under the superintend- 
ent is the head treeman, who has as 
many assistants as the size of the orchard 
company requires. The irrigation depart- 
ment is headed by a man especially 
trained in this line. He advises with the 
irrigators, measures the water and sees 
that each type of soil is properly irri- 
