. Cost of production of apples in the Payette Valley, Idaho : a detailed study of the current cost factors involved in the maintenance of orchards and the handling of the crop on 38 representative bearing orchards, Payette district in western Idaho. Apples. j&f'&j-u OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Contribution from the Office of Farm Management W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief. S&JT$Lru Washington, D. C. May 10, 1918 COST OF PRODUCTION OF APPLES IN THE PAY. ETTE VALLEY, IDAHO. A detailed study of the current cost factors involved in the maintenance of orchards and the handling of the crop on 38 repre
. Cost of production of apples in the Payette Valley, Idaho : a detailed study of the current cost factors involved in the maintenance of orchards and the handling of the crop on 38 representative bearing orchards, Payette district in western Idaho. Apples. j&f'&j-u OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Contribution from the Office of Farm Management W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief. S&JT$Lru Washington, D. C. May 10, 1918 COST OF PRODUCTION OF APPLES IN THE PAY. ETTE VALLEY, IDAHO. A detailed study of the current cost factors involved in the maintenance of orchards and the handling of the crop on 38 representative bearing orchards, Payette district in western Idaho. By S. M. Thomson, Scientific Assistant, and G. H. Miller, Assistant Agriculturist. CONTENTS. Summary of results 1 Location and extent of district studied 3 History and development 3 Conditions 6 Farm organization 8 Farm investments 10 Orchards '. 11 Yields 13 Markets and prices 14 Fage. Orchard management 14 Handling the crop 25 Packing-house labor 27 Culls and cider apples 23 Total labor costs 30 Material and fixed costs 31 Summary of all costs considered 33 Factors affecting the annual cost of produc- tion 34 The cost studies upon which this bulletin is based were made during the year 1915 in an intensive commercial apple district in the vicinity of Payette, Idaho (see Fig. 1). The number of commercial apple orchards of bearing age in this region was very limited, so that but 38 detailed and accurate records could be obtained. These are typical of the region, however, and present data which fairly illustrate apple-growing conditions in this region. SUMMARY OF RESULTS. Following is a brief resume of the more important averages brought out by this study: Size of 38 farms studied, acres. Size of bearing apple orchard, acres. Investment per farm, $20, Investment per acre of bearing apples, $ Trees per acre, Annual yield per acre, 337 boxes. Net labor costs, $ per acre, $ pe
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