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RKl.ATION BF.TWKEN COST OF PRODUCING AND HARVKSTINO NAVEL 

 ORANGES AND FARM INCOME 



T\u' i'urv«i| line All in tlu- chart n-prrsnits tin* i-ost of pnnhnMiiu Jinil 

 harvi'stinjr Nav»l nran^ri's in th<' Tulare ritrus belt, ami tho liiif r/> 

 r**pri'-rnts that cost plu> intrnvst on th«' invrstnjont. liinrs KF. (ill , II. 

 am! Kl. iuilit-atc. in $10 incmntMits. th«* aihiitional cost. ili'ptMiilinu on 

 th«" allowaiuM- for annual \vat«'r fharm-s. or thr n.l.lit l.,ii:.I iiK-onM* 

 UfiMltMl to nuM't any j»iv»»n watrr «*haruf« or profits. 



It will Iw notril from Plate I that with a yiehl of 1;{^ boxes per aere 

 ainl a priee to fh»* ^rrowt-r of $'J.l!* p»T |iaek<Ml box. the rt-lurn |mt acre 

 woiilij pay pre-harvcst eowts of $r.M) an aen*. harvest e<»Mts at 24 cents 

 a packe<l Ih»x. interest at 6 per cent jui an avi'ram* invcstnuMit of $7.'iO 

 an acre. an«l leave $.'{4.10 an acre for irrigation water ami a<l*litional 

 profits over the lalK»r iiu'onie to the o|M'rfltor ami the int« ri>st on the 

 Hv»'rau'e invest n»''!it 



Pr«t«nt Irrigation CottB m lh« Fraano- Tul«r«- K«rn Foothill Ball. 



The citrus areas in the Tulare citrus In'lt are very lartfel\ supplieil 

 with water by puinpint;. partly by irrivration tlistrij't or snuill conipanx 

 systems ami : •' by iixlivitlual pumpiiit; ■' ■• In Chapter VIII 

 the (lata ret' i _ water costs );alheri>«| in ion ilistncts in tlw 



foothill iM'lt are «et forth in Tabli* 'W. coKtw uniler water companieM are 

 irivcn in Table 40. anri umler thn*** |irivate pum|>ini.' plants in Tabic 41 

 The extent to which the cost (»f pumpinc varies with the c.!- •• «>f 

 the pumping plants, the lift an«l the cptantity of wat»'r \> \^ 



intlicated in Tabb»s Xl ami :{.*» 



