PBRMISSIBLE IRKiUATION (-IlAK<.r.-> 43 



fHAPTKH V 

 GRAPES 



Cottt of Production. 



Tlu* ^rapo iiulustry is siu'h a larm> ami vital part of the agriculture 

 t»f San .loatiuin Valley that its status }»reatly affects economic coiuli- 

 ♦•■■•'N in that area, the ll^'JH crop survey by the State Engineer's 

 showed Fresno County with 2<MV11() acres of vines; Tulare. 75.477 ; 

 Kern. 2:i.H01. and Kinjrs. 1<).12(J'J. These acreages in the fotir upper 

 counties of the valley iiiakf up (>!> per cent of the irrape acrea>;e of the 

 entire San Joaquin stvtion. aiul about :U per cent of the vineyard 

 area of the I'nitctl States.* 



From a use standpoint, prapes can bo classed into thn'e major proups. 

 viz: table, juice antl raisin. Since some varieties can be sohl under 

 more than one class, as. f(»r instance, Muscats, which may be sold 

 MiHJt'r all three, the price level for such varieties tends to equalize for 

 the various clas.ses. At present the Emperor, n table variety, seems to 

 be receivinp a hijrher price than other prapes. reirardlcss of clas.s. but 

 since it comprises only about .') p««r cent of the acreape it «loes not 

 warrant separate consideration. Parts of Kern County have a pood 

 market in the I^os Anpeles area for early varieties of table prapes. and, 

 as in the case of other spjM'ial advantapes. the vineyarrls which can reach 

 that early market coidd pay a hiphcr price for irripation water. How- 

 ever, the Volume of the shipiiients involved is not sufficient to justify a 

 special classitication in this report 



Co8t-of-prwluction records to the nund)er of .'{60 were available from 

 the enterpri ^* iency studi«'s of the Apricidttiral Extension Service. 

 They inclu.;. . ->\ in Fresno County. SO in Tulare County, and 20 in 

 Kern County. Of these 101 were taken for detailed study. In addi- 

 tion. estimat«>i were obtaine<l frf)m a nuudx'r of shipfwrs and farm 

 ni • s and cost records were furnished directly by .several farmers 

 w;.-. ,.- - j» cost •' '"'- 



Table 19 su the data obtained from the 101 enterprise 



efficiency studies of the Apricidtural FIxtension Service chosen for 

 study, vineyards under five yrars old not Ix'inp include<l. It will be 

 noted th"' *' ■ avrra'j-- • •— ' "-vest cost, not includ'"" !••.-;,, .tu.ri water 

 or an all •• for u f includinp fixe<l d - IS.40 an 



acre. Depreciation on vines is bas4-d on an asmimed investment at five 

 years of ape of .*225 an acre, this to b** written ofT over a pericxl of 



.10 vfars. Since tlnr< ' *»«M'n bn' i'"' • • ' inp of vineyards durinp 



the last five years, ii; tlir r- r vines in full bearing. 



Tables 20 to 24 .summarize the estimates or data relatinp to cost of 

 prmluction of prapes obtained from sourc«>s other than the Apricidtural 



Et - .. It ^vill be note<l that the cos* ' • —• not 



d. :.le with ench other or with the a n in 



Table 19 because no depret-iation is directly figurwl and I eertain 



other items, such as interest and allowances for supervisjuii and other 



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