Cost of producing apples in Yakima Valley, Washington : a detailed study of the current cost factors involved in the maintenance of orchards and the handling of the crop on 120 representative bearing orchards / by G.H. Miller and S.M. Thomson.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, G. H. (George Harvey), 1884-
Corporate Author: United States. Department of Agriculture
Other Authors: Thomson, S. M. (Samuel Mable), 1891-
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1918.
Series:Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture ; no. 614.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. pp. 1.
  • Facts brought out
  • The Yakima District. pp. 2.
  • History and development of the industry. pp. 4.
  • Method of presentation
  • Farm organization. pp. 8.
  • Size of ranch. pp. 9.
  • Types of ranchers. pp. 10.
  • Investment. pp. 11.
  • Orchards. pp. 14.
  • Orchard maintenance. pp. 19.
  • Handling the crop. pp. 40.
  • Total labor cost. pp. 61.
  • Expenses other than labor. pp. 65.
  • Total of all costs. pp. 72.