THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



483 



INCREASING RETURNS OF MUSCAT VINEYARDS. 



By F. T. BiOLETTi, Berkeley, Cal. 



Grape growing in California is an industry in which the possibilities 

 of production are practically unlimited and in which the competition 

 among producers is uncontrolled. Under such conditions, the average 

 price "received by the producers for a series of years must be very close 

 to the average cost of production. That this is actually the case appears 

 from the following tables based on accounts kept at a number of vine- 

 yards in different parts of the State : 



Cost of a Wine Vineyard. 



Coast. 



VaUey. 



Tojirl $150 00 



^ ^^ 



Vines or cuttings 



Preparation of land- 



Planting 



5 00 



Cultivatio"n"IIIII"II-I , }'^ ^, 



Interest and taxes (8 per cent) — I ^' ^u 



$1.50 00 



2 00 



5 00 



2 00 



10 00 



13 00 



Cost, first year i $229 00 



Pruning 



$3 OO 



Staking (2"cents)"III" ; 14 00 



Cultivation 

 Hoeing and tying 



7 00 

 7 00 



Interest and taxes 21 00 



$182 OO 



$3 00 



10 00 



5 OO 



.5 OO 



16 00 



Cost second year- 



Pruning 



Cultivation 



Hoeing, tying, sulfuring. 

 Interest and taxes 



$52 00 



$5 00 

 7 00 

 7 00 



24 00 



$43 00 

 Crop, 2 to 3 tons, $22 to $12, less $6 32 00 



Net cost, third year 



Total cost 



$39 00 



$4 00 

 5 00 

 5 00 



19 00 



$33 00 

 18 00 



Returns of a Wine Vineyard. 



Coast. 



Valley. 



Cost of bearing vineyard . ; $300 00 | $250 00 



Interest and taxes (8 per cent) i $24 00 



Depreciation (5 per cent cost of vines). 



Pruning 



Cultivation 



Handwork 



Picking grapes - 

 Hauling grapes 



Cost per acre 



Crop 3 tons, at $22.00. 

 Crop 5 tons, at $12.00. 



00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 OO 



$20 00 

 5 00 

 5 00 

 5 00 

 5 00 

 10 00 

 10 00 



$65 00 

 66 00 



$60 00 

 60 00 



