. 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. BULLETIN 636, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Table I.—Dates of spring and fall frosts, annual rainfall, and mean annual temperature at Payette, Idaho. [Altitude, 2,159 feet.] Highest tempera- Lowest tempera- Last First Annual Annual ture. ture. Year. frost in spring. frost in fall. urecipi- t at ion. temper- ature. Degrees. Date. Degrees.
. 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. BULLETIN 636, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Table I.—Dates of spring and fall frosts, annual rainfall, and mean annual temperature at Payette, Idaho. [Altitude, 2,159 feet.] Highest tempera- Lowest tempera- Last First Annual Annual ture. ture. Year. frost in spring. frost in fall. urecipi- t at ion. temper- ature. Degrees. Date. Degrees. Date. 1900 Apr. 13 Sept. 25 . 104 July 30 10 Dec. 31 1931 June 4 Oct. 16 106 July 23 5 Feb. 8 1902 May 1 Sept. 16 • 102 June 23 -13 Jan. 2S 1903a 1904 June 23 Oct. 16 18 107 "Aug. 13 - 3 Jan. 4 1905 May 21 Oct. 8 111 July 23 - 2 Feb. 11 1906 a 1907 Mav 2 Sept. 14 103 Aug. 1 - 1 Jan. 16 190S Apr. 29 Sept. 26 108 July 31 0 Feb. 1 1909 May 17 Sept. 18 10 104 July 22 - 2 Dec. 28 1910 Apr. 6 Sept. 29 107 July 13 -26 Jan. 3 1911 Apr. 16 May 18 Sept. 26 104 July 17 - 3 Dec. 21 1912 Sept. 16 101 ...do -23 Jan. 8 1913 May 17 Sept. 18 102 Aug. 24 - 7 Jan. 6 1914 June 5 Oct. 24 103 Aug. 14 - 8 Dec. 8 1915 May 4 Sept. 14 103 July 22 — 0 Dec. 30 Average (14 years)... May 10 Sept. July 29 - Jan. 10 a Data incomplete. FARM ORGANIZATION. The Payette Valley is a comparatively old and established farm- ing section. It is one of general farming, although fruit occupies an. Fig. A large alfalfa field near Payette at the time of harvesting 8 tons per acre in this region. the third crop. Alfalfa often yields important place in its agriculture. (See fig. 3.) The fruit areas are limited and for the most part are located near a few shipping stations. The average size of the farms included in this investigation. Please note that t
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