. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. May, 1931] Studies in Economics of Apple Orcharding 35 $ per mature tree units, (Table 24). The lowest cost was .4^ OD Farm 11 and the highest was $1, on Farm 2. On the basis of normal yield, the average cost was $ per 1,000 boxes and on the basis of actual yield, the cost was $ per 1,000 boxes. BRUSH DISPOSAL The operation of brush disposal is not important from an orchard management viewpoint because it can be done at anytime within a rather long period in the spring, does not require skill, and the total time used
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. May, 1931] Studies in Economics of Apple Orcharding 35 $ per mature tree units, (Table 24). The lowest cost was .4^ OD Farm 11 and the highest was $1, on Farm 2. On the basis of normal yield, the average cost was $ per 1,000 boxes and on the basis of actual yield, the cost was $ per 1,000 boxes. BRUSH DISPOSAL The operation of brush disposal is not important from an orchard management viewpoint because it can be done at anytime within a rather long period in the spring, does not require skill, and the total time used is not large. On most farms the work was fitted into or between operations that were more definite as to time. There are usually many days in the spring when the weather is too disagreeable to prune, and yet when one can pick up brush to advantage. Then again, up to the period of the first spray the task can be fitted into slack periods. ,2. 1283 7tb /â -â /'â / 18. 82. 6 7 8 Farm Number 10 11 \Z Fig. 8. Man hours used in brush disposal per unit of 1,000 mature trees Hauling and burning of the brush takes on the average about one-third as much time as pruning. The use of low drags with means of unloading without handling the brush by hand are the principal economies. The brush is removed in various ways. Orchard 1 used an ordinary hay rack. Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 7 employed various sorts of low floats. Farm 7 used a chain to unload. The chain is laid on the float before the brush is loaded, and then the horse power is used to roll the brush off. Farm 5 burns some brush in the orchard on account of the diffi- culty of getting around in rough and rocky positions. On the small orchards. Nos. 9, 10, 11 and 6, some brush was left on the edge of the field. Man Hours Brush hauling accounted for approximately 8 per cent, of the man labor prior to harvest, as compared to 26 per cent, for pruning. In other words, one hour was required for disposing of brush to each
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