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 COST 07 PRODUCING mV.E GRAPES 



Value of Land- 



Raw land- 



Kigh — 0300.00 per acre 



Low 50.00 " 



Average- — - 150.00 



Developed Vineyard s- 



High producing 400.00 



Average " — 200.00 



If 



Cost of Sstabliohing Vineyards- 

 Irrigation system or water right included 

 in price of land 



Clearing, leveling and preparing 15,00 " 



Vines (rooted resitant vines i^60 per M)-- 40.00 " 



Setting out - 79.$t5 



Replanting (vines and labor) 6.00 " 



Annual Cost from Setting Out to Self- Sustaining Age- 



II 



Cultivating 7.00 



Stakes (Is'^ year) 20.00 



Tying ' 1,50 



Pruning, 2 years total 3.00 " 



Sulphuring, " " 1,50 



Koeing " " — 2.00 



Annual Upkeep after Maturity- 

 Sulphuring three tines 2,00 " 



Cultivation 7.00 



Pruning and burning brush — Short 4.00 " 



Long - 6.00 



Suckering 1.09- " 



Tying and rope — long 2.50 " 



Short 1.00 



Hoeing -- 2.00 



Cost of Harvest- 

 Picking ■ 2.00 per ton 



Hauling ( 5 miles) ' 1.00 " 



I'iarket Value of Yield- 

 High 25.00 



Lo7/ -— 8.00 



Average 15.00 " 



Taxes and Insurance- 



To Maturity 1.50 per acre 



After Maturity- Average land 2.00 " 



Good land 3.00 " 



