. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. 1 BULLETIN No. 518 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Contribution from the Office of Farm Management W. J. Spillman. Chief. Washington, D. C. March 17, 1917 THE COST OF PRODUCING APPLES IN HOOD RIVER VALLEY/ A Detailed Study, Made in 1915, of the Current-Cost Factors Involved in the Maintenance of Orchards and the Handling of the Crop on 54 Farms. By S. M. Thomson, Scientific Assistant, and G. H. Millek, Assistant Agriculturist. CONTENTS. Page. Facts brought out 2 Conclusions 4 The Hood River Valley 5 Farm organ
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. 1 BULLETIN No. 518 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Contribution from the Office of Farm Management W. J. Spillman. Chief. Washington, D. C. March 17, 1917 THE COST OF PRODUCING APPLES IN HOOD RIVER VALLEY/ A Detailed Study, Made in 1915, of the Current-Cost Factors Involved in the Maintenance of Orchards and the Handling of the Crop on 54 Farms. By S. M. Thomson, Scientific Assistant, and G. H. Millek, Assistant Agriculturist. CONTENTS. Page. Facts brought out 2 Conclusions 4 The Hood River Valley 5 Farm organization 12 The orchards 15 Marketing and prices received 17 OARU Page. Orchard management 18 Maintenance labor 19 Handling crop 40 Total labor costs 47 Material and fixed costs 48 Total costs 50 During the summer of 1915 an investigation was conducted with reference to the factors entering into the annual cost of producing apples in the Hood River Valley of Oregon (see fig. 1) up to the point of delivery at the shipping station. On account of orchards being of varying ages, and operated in some instances by absentee owners, it was difficult in many cases to secure accurate data. However, 54 complete and detailed records of orchards were se- cured. All these were obtained from growers who supervised their own orchards and who were able and willing to give complete infor- mation. The purpose of this investigation was not only to arrive at the annual cost of production, but to determine the economic status of 1 This is the third of a series of bulletins on the cost of apple production. Department Bulletin No. 44G, " The Cost of Producing Apples in Wenatchee Valley, Washington," and Department Bulletin No. 500, " The Cost of Prodiicing Apples in Western Colorado," have already been published. Note.—Acknowledgment is due to the OflBce of Horticultural and Pomological Investi- gations of the Bureau of Plant Industry for material assistance in the preparation of
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