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DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES 



TABLE 10 



AVERAGE OF 84 RECORDS OF PRE-HARVEST COST OF PRODUCTION OF PEACHES 

 IN TULARE COUNTY, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 



Includes fixed expenses, but not irrigation water or interest. 



Ages 6 years or more. 



Some of the records for which the location is not certain are not 

 included in this classification. • 



Table 11 presents the data obtained for the two large holdings of 

 deciduous orchards previously mentioned. These records are for 

 "trees"; that is, for miscellaneous varieties. As in the case of the 

 records in Table 10 nothing is included for irrigation water or for 

 interest. Depreciation on improvements and equipment is taken care 

 of in the labor account. Depreciation of trees at $20 an acre is added 

 to the record supplied by the growers. 



TABLE 11 



COST OF PRODUCTION PER ACRE FOR DECIDUOUS FRUITS ON TWO LARGE S.\N JOA- 

 QUIN VALLEY TRACTS, 1929, NOT INCLUDING IRRIGATION WATER OR INTEREST 



Six varieties of deciduous fruits are included in the budget data 

 furnished by the bank previously referred to. Table 12 gives the 

 itemized estimates for each crop, these being intended to amply cover 



TABLE 12 



BUDGET ESTIMATES OF A SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY BANK COVERING 

 COST OF PRODUCING CERTAIN DECIDUOUS FRUITS' 



Variety 



Nectarines 

 Apricot*.. 

 Almonds.. 



Plums 



Fif« 



Total with 

 allowance 



for 

 depreoift- 



tion, 



general 



expense* 



and taxM 



$82 00 

 71 00 

 04 00 

 5» 00 

 61 00 



■ IirifatioD water aod IntwMt we not included. 



