LIST OF TABLES 



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1 Summary of data showing excess of estimated farm income over costs 

 per acre of producing tlie principal crops grown in the upper San Joaquin 

 Valley, plus interest on the average investment at 6 per cent per annum, 

 togetlier with recommended permissible annual costs for irriRation water 14 



2 Cost per acre of producinK oranges in FYesno, Tulare and Kern counties 

 without allowance for interest or for irrigation water 26 



3 Average cost per acre of producing and harvesting Xavel oranges in Fresno, 

 Tulare and Kern counties, segregated according to yield 27 



4 Average yield per acre in packed boxes of Xavel oranges in FYesno, Tulare 

 and Kern counties, 1922-1927 27 



5 Average yield, price and return per acre for Navel oranges in Fresno 

 and Tulare counties, as shown by records from ten packing houses 28 



6 Variation in yield of Navel oranges as shown by the production records of 

 two packing houses in the Tulare citrus belt and by records for all Cali- 

 fornia citrus localities 29 



7 Average f.o.b. prices per packed box received for Navel oranges in the 

 Tulare citrus belt by the California Fruit Growers Exchange for November, 

 December and January, 1914-1;") to 1928-29 30 



S (iross income per acre to grower from oranges in the Tulare citrus belt 



with net price to grower of $1 to $3.50 per packed box 32 



9 Amounts per acre available from oranges in the Tulare citrus belt for 

 paying for irrigation water, interest on investment and profits 33 



] Average of 84 records of pre-harvest cost of production of peaches in 



Tulare County, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929. Ages 6 years or more 36 



11 Cost of production per acre for deciduous fruits on two large San Joaquin 

 Valley tracts, 1929 36 



12 Budget estimates of a San Joaquin Valley bank covering cost of producing 

 certain deciduous fruits 36 



13 Cost per acre of producing peaches as estimated by the Farm Management 

 Section, College of Agriculture, including interest and depreciation on 

 implements and work stock 37 



14 Cost per acre of producing jieaches as estimated by the Fai-m Management 

 Section, College of Agriculture, not including interest on implements and 

 work stock, but including depreciation (m trees 37 



1.5 Average cost per acre of producing and harvesting peaches in Tulare County 38 

 10 (Jross income per acre to growers from peaches with yields of five to twelve 



tons an acre and a price range of $20 to $50 a ton 39 



17 Data regarding cost of production per acre for apricots, prunes and peaches, 



as reported in Agricultural Extension Service fcircular 24 41 



18 Aveiage net profit or loss per acre from production of certain deciduous 

 fruits as reported in Agricultural Extension Service Circular 24, College 



of Agiculture, University of California 41 



19 Summary of data relating to the pi-c-hai'vest cost per acre of producing 

 grapes, including fixed charges l)Ut with mi allowance for irrigation water or 

 interest, 1926 to 1929 44 



20 ('ost i)ir acre of producing 20 acres of Emperor grapes, as estimated by a 

 successful grower and shijiper near Porterville " 44 



21 I..abor and material costs per acre on large acreage of vineyard at Delano, 

 1929 44 



22 Cost per acre of producing grapes in two tracts in the upper San Joaquin 

 Valley in 1929 45 



23 Budget estimates of cost per acre of producing and harvesting grapes as 

 used in 19:io by a large farm operator in San .I<>a(iuin Valley 45 



24 Cost per acre iif producing Thoinjison Seedless ami Malaga raisins, 1922 



to 1929, as furnished by a prominent grower near lOxeter 45 



2Ti Summary of pre-harvest costs per acre of producing grapes 46 



26 Average cost per acre of producing and harvesting raisins in the upper San 

 Joaquin Valley 48 



27 Income per acre to growers from raisins with yields of 0.75 to 2.25 tons 

 per acre and a price range of $40 to $80 per ton 48 



28 Cost i)er cutting and \m\- acre of producing and harvesting alfalfa, exclu- 

 nlve of interest and irrigation water 51 



29 Cost Iter acre of ])rodu(ing and harvesting alfalfa on 186.6 acres near 

 Corcoran, 1929; yield 5.5 tons per acre 61 



