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Title: The cost of producing apples in Hood River Valley : a detailed study, made in 1915, of the current-cost factors involved in the maintenance of orchards and the handling of the crop on 54 farms
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Thomson, S. M. (Samuel Mable), 1891- Miller, G. H. (George Harvey), 1884-
Subjects: Apples
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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gely to commercial fruit production.(See PL IV.) The more recent settlers confined their attention al-most wholly to fruit farming. As the demand for land increased theprice rose very materially. To avoid these high prices the newersettlers often located on the slopes, in many cases above the irriga-tion canal, and in the upper Hood Eiver Valley, where the land asyet is little cleared. Recent development of transportation facilities has contributed tothe valleys rapid development. SOIL. The Hood Eiver Valley is located within the area of an importantrock formation known as the Columbia lava. Thus, the soil of thevalley is in general of volcanic origin, modified by glacial action. The commercial orchards of the lower valley are for the most partlocated on the Hood silt loam type of soil. The Hood silt loam isgenerally of a light gray color. The silt content is low and it oftenapproaches a sandy loam in texture. This soil covers the greater Bui. 518, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate I.
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Bui. 518, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate II.

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