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BULLETIN" 412, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XXVII. — A fair day's work for crews harvesting cabbage and hauling directly to 
market — loads per day. 
Crews. 
Miles to Market. 
a 
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o 
M 
o 
so 
03 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
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3 eg 
CO 
o5 
cj 
O 
h3 
11 
ft 
co 
c3 
O 
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^1 
CO 
c3 
O 
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si 
CO 
o 
h3 
fed 
n 
2 
3 
4 
4 
6 
2 
2 
2 
4 
4 
1 
1 
1 
2 
2 
5.1 
5.8 
4.7 
10.4 
11.3 
IS 
5 
3 
3.9 
4.6 
4.7 
6.9 
7.0 
51 
SO 
16 
15 
3.1 
3.5 
3.6 
6.0 
6.5 
29 
16 
18 
10 
4 
2.5 
3.5 
3.5 
4.7 
7.0 
23 
3 
5 
2.5 
2.4 
3.6 
4.0 
4.1 
13 
5 
5 
1 
1 
OPERATIONS ON FRUIT CROPS. 
The data for Tables XXVIII to XXXIII were obtained in western 
New York under conditions where orcharding is on a commercial 
basis and the work is well standardized. They refer to well-estab- 
lished orchards and the customary methods and practice which obtain 
among the vast majority of growers. Baldwins and Greenings pre- 
dominate among the orchards and the data presented refer to trees 
having their general habits of growth. Trees are pruned quite regu- 
larly, few, if any, neglected orchard conditions and abnormal factors 
being incorporated in the averages. Fruit growers in this region 
necessarily know quite definitely what an average day's work should 
be for the various orchard operations. 
In Table XXVIII are given the averages for pruning fruit trees 
and for thinning the fruit from apple trees where the crop is too 
heavy to permit the maturing of good fruit. In general, the thinning 
operation does not present a serious labor problem except on occa- 
sional years when a very heavy crop is set. At other times wind and 
storm are likely to remove even more than the excess and fruit is not 
thinned on that account. The data for thinning refers to the average 
tree in the orchard in years when thinning is necessary. 
Table XXVIII. — A fair day's work in pruning fruit trees and in thinning the fruit from 
apple trees. 
Operation. 
Trees 
daily. 
Number 
averaged. 
Pruning apple trees (10 years old) , 
Pruning apple trees (30 years old) 
Thinning out surplus apples (30-year trees) 
Pruning peach trees (8 years old) 
12.6 
12.4 
37.7 
803 
7H9 
528 
449 
