Appendix Table 8. Irrigation Costs for 45 Acres of Alfalfa-Orchard Crass. 



Repairs — I'^o of Av. Value ($2404) (.02) 

 Interest — 5% of Av. Value ($2404) (.05) 

 Insurance - — Av. Value x Interest Costs 

 ($2404) ($10/1000) 



Fuel — 4.5 gal. per acre incli — 



.8 acre inches @_ .20/gal. for 45 acres 

 Oil and grease (5) 5% of fuel costs 



Total Initial Cost 

 Total Annual Costs 



Annual Costs per Acre (excluding labor) 



$4808 



48.00 

 120.00 



20.00 



$574.80 



324.00 

 14.40 



$913.20 

 $ 20.29 



1 Based on data from "Technical and Economic Characteristics of Irrigation on Con- 

 necticut Farms" by Horace L. Puterbaugh and Marvin W. Kottke, Storrs Agricultural 

 Experiment Station Bulletin 340. March 1959. and "Capital and Labor Efficiency in 

 Irrigation" by Marvin W. Kottke, Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 345, 

 May 1959. 



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