68 AGRICULTURE HANDBOOK NO. 3 09, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



fryers represented 90 percent of 

 total receipts. 



The study averages of 6.4 hours 

 of labor and of $29.59 income per 

 doe give a gross income return of 

 $4.62 per hour. 



The management study i^yr 1962 

 reported that total production costs 

 (feed, labor, stock purchased, mis- 

 cellaneous expense, depreciation, 

 and interest at 6 percent on invest- 

 ment) amounted to $22.54, for an 

 average of 104.2 pounds of meat 

 produced per doe. The costs re- 

 ported for 1963 totaled $23.55, for 

 the 115.9 pounds of meat produced 

 per doe. Production costs for the 

 2 years average $23.04 per doe, or 

 $3.60 per hour, based on 6.4 hours 

 labor per doe. Subtracting this 

 from a gross income return of 

 $4.62 per hour leaves $1.02 per 

 hour as net income. The average 

 cost per pound of meat sold in 1962 

 amounted to 21.6 cents, and in 1963, 

 20.0 cents. 



The following tabulation pre- 



sents a summary of the percentage 

 distribution of costs in the San 

 Bernadino County management 

 studies for 1962 and 1963: 



Percent 



Feed 53.8 



Labor 30.5 



Miscellaneous 5.6 



Depreciation 4.5 



Interest 5.6 



The distribution of income, by 

 source, was as follows: 



Percent 



Fryer rabbits sold 89.9 



Miscellaneous income 1.7 



Breeding stock sold . 4.0 



Mature stock sold 2.7 



Inventory change 1.7 



Although it is to be remembered 

 that conditions vary from year to 

 year and from area to area, as well 

 as from rabbitry to rabbitry, these 

 summary figures were substanti- 

 ated by those of a 1964 survey con- 

 ducted in the Santa Clara-Ala- 

 meda County area of northern 

 California. 



