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BULLETIN 412, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XXXI.— A fair day's work for a man in picJcing apples. 
Yield 
per tree 
(bushels). 
Bushels 
per day. 
Number 
averaged. 
Yield 
per tree 
(bushels). 
Bushels 
per day. 
Number 
averaged. 
6 
10 
15 
53.2 
54.5 
63.5 
11 
88 
199 
20 
25 
30 
66.9 
75.8 
78.6 
207 
81 
150 
Mechanical devices for sorting and packing apples are seldom 
used in western New York. A simple barrel header operated by one 
man as the barrels are filled constitutes the chief mechanical aid in 
packing apples in this region. The same general practice prevails 
over the entire region, the work being done by hand. 
Where apples are sorted by hand and packed in barrels, the daily 
amounts set out in Table XXXII should normally be accomplished. 
Table XXXII. — A fair day's ivork in sorting and packing apples with the number of 
hands indicated. 
Crew. 
Barrels 
daily. 
Number 
averaged. 
Crew. 
Sorters. 
Packers. 
Sorters. 
Packers. 
daily. averaged. 
1 
1 
2 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
56.7 
65.4 
77.4 
88.7 
209 
11 
228 
118 
3 
3 
4 
1 
2 
2 
98.4 
115.0 
124.9 
27 
37 
9 
Not many of the commercial orchards in New York are over 6 
miles from market. The number of trips that can be made daily 
with loads of fruit for distances from 1 to 8 miles is shown in Table 
XXXIII. The usual load is 20 to 22 barrels of apples and 55 to 60 
bushels of peaches. 
Table XXXIII. — A fair day's work for man and team in hauling fruit to market. 
Miles to 
Loads 
Number 
Miles to 
Loads 
Number 
market. 
per day. 
averaged. 
market. 
per day. 
averaged. 
1 
6.3 
58 
4 
3.0 
150 
U 
5.6 
53 
5 
2.3 
128 
2 
4.8 
173 
6 
2.1 
77 
2* 
4.1 
79 
7 
1.9 
29 
3 
3.7 
210 
8 
1.9 
17 
3i 
3.4 
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WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1916 
