Bulletin of the of Agriculture . ly small. Ofthe 64 considered in this investigation, extreme acreages are 2 and of the ranches range between 2 and 20 acres in size. The averageranch contains acres, with acres of apples in every ranch has a few pear, cherry, and plum trees and a smallacreage of young apple trees. Nonbearing apples average acresper ranch. On the average less than one-half acre is devoted to thegrowing of other crops. (See Table III.) The apple orchard is usually of such size that one man can com-fortably do all pruning and lo
Bulletin of the of Agriculture . ly small. Ofthe 64 considered in this investigation, extreme acreages are 2 and of the ranches range between 2 and 20 acres in size. The averageranch contains acres, with acres of apples in every ranch has a few pear, cherry, and plum trees and a smallacreage of young apple trees. Nonbearing apples average acresper ranch. On the average less than one-half acre is devoted to thegrowing of other crops. (See Table III.) The apple orchard is usually of such size that one man can com-fortably do all pruning and look after the necessary operations withbut little extra help except during the thinning, spraying, and har-vesting periods. Table III. -Average size of ranch and of areas in crops for 64 ranches in the North Yakimadistrict. Method of culture Item. Average acres in ranch Average tillable acres in ranch Average acreage in bearing apple orchard Average acreage in young apples and other fruit Average acreage in other crops Tillable acres per horse. The 56 ranches in the Zillah district considered in this investigationare somewhat larger than those in North Yakima, ranging from 8 to60 acres. The average size is acres, with acres in bearing 10 BULLETIN 614, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. apples. There is an average per ranch of acres in nonbearingapple orchard and acres in other fruits. As already indicated,a greater acreage is devoted to other crops here than elsewhere in thedistrict, there being an average of acres of such crops per farm, acres of which are in alfalfa. On account of the size of farmperhaps the rancher is not able to put in as much time on the bearingapple orchard as is the usual case in the North Yakima district. (SeeTable IV.) Table IV.—-Average size of ranch and of areas in crops for 56 ranches in the Zillah district. Item. Method of culture. Clean(32 records). Mulch-crop(24 records). Average acres in ranch
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