PBR1CI88IBI.E IRRKSATIOS CHARUFS 



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TAiU.i: 16 



GROSS INCOME PfcR Al Rl TO GROWI RS FROM l»l At MIS WITH YII I OS OF FIVE 

 TO TWELVE TONS AN ACRE AND A PRICE RANGE OF »M TO tM A TON 



Plate II has boon prt'pan'tl to facilitate determination of the yields 

 at a jriven price or the price at a driven yield i' -y to return the 



cost of pro(hn'tinn and harvrstintr and also inter, i ..; ti ptT cent on the 

 averaj;e investment.* The curve Ali in tliis plate indicates the cost 

 of production and harvesting, and the curve CD the cost of prodtiction 

 and harvcstin^r, tOf;eth»'r with interest at 6 per cent. Curves EF, (til, 

 KL, and .V.V represent the additional amounts, by $5 increments, that 

 mitrht. under difTerent assumptions, be recjuired to cover the cost of 

 irri^'ation water. 



PLATE 11 



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RELATION BF.TWF.EN COST OF PRODUCING AND HARVKSTINC 

 PEACHES AND FARM INCOME. 



tn MCr« Includes land at |:qo . Ur«fl. }1«'>. farm 



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