Bulletin of the of Agriculture . TAL MAINTENANCE COST. The total maintenance labor on 43 orchards under clean-culturalmanagement in the North Yakima district was man-hours horse-hours, while on the 32 orchards under similar managementin the Zillah district the charge was man-hours and COST OF PEODUCHSTG APPLES IN YAKIMA VALLEY. 49 In the case of the 21 orchards under mulch-crop management in theNorth Yakima district the charge was man-hours and , while on the 24 orchards under similar management inthe Zillah distric
Bulletin of the of Agriculture . TAL MAINTENANCE COST. The total maintenance labor on 43 orchards under clean-culturalmanagement in the North Yakima district was man-hours horse-hours, while on the 32 orchards under similar managementin the Zillah district the charge was man-hours and COST OF PEODUCHSTG APPLES IN YAKIMA VALLEY. 49 In the case of the 21 orchards under mulch-crop management in theNorth Yakima district the charge was man-hours and , while on the 24 orchards under similar management inthe Zillah district the charge was man-hours and horse-hours. The net labor cost up to harvest time was per cent of the totalnet labor cost in the North Yakima district, while in the Zillah dis-trict it was per cent. The total maintenance charge per acre on the 75 orchards underclean cultivation was man-hours and horse-hours,while on the 45 orchards under mulch-crop management it man-hours and Fig. 8.—One of the larger packing sheds in the Yakima district. Considering all records in the valley, the total net labor cost up toharvest time was $ per acre, or $ per box. This is percent of the total net labor cost. HANDLING THE CROP. Handling the crop includes all the labor necessary to deliver itat a local association or shipping point. This labor includes the haul-ing of the box shook to the ranch, the making up of the box, haulingempty boxes to and full boxes from the orchard during harvestingand picking, and all packing-house labor, including sorting, packing,nailing, waiting, foreman, etc. Twelve of the 64 orchardists visited in the North Yakima districthauled their picked apples to a local association, where they weresorted, graded, and packed at a stipulated price (see fig. 8), whichincluded box, paper, nails, and labeling, or a complete packed price ranged between $ and $ per packed box. 5
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