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The average cost of production per box of fruit, laid down at 
the platform, including all expenses, as determined from the esti¬ 
mates given, is, for apples 61.2c, pears 60.5c., peaches 31.2c. 
The average number of cars of fruit shipped out of the Grand 
Valler for the years 1911 to 1915, inclusive, is about 2,525 per year. 
The average yield per acre for the years 1911 to 1915 has been 
about 25% of a car for apples, 30% of a car for pears, and 55% 
of a car for peaches per year for all bearing orchard in the Valley. 
About 30% of all the irrigated land on the north side of the 
river is planted to fruit trees, while only about 5% of the irrigable 
land south of the river is set to orchard. Over 80% of the orchard 
in the Valley is located north of the river, less than 20% being on 
the south side. 
Acknowledgments 
The authors received much valuable assistance in various ways, 
and wish to acknowledge their indebtedness to all who so kindly 
aided them in the survey. 
They wish especially to express their thanks to the following 
persons and organizations for the help rendered: 
To Mr. Ocee O. Fellows, county assessor of Mesa County, and 
his associates, whose assistance to the authors was invaluable; to 
the U. S. Reclamation Service for the use of their map of the Grand 
Valley Project; to Mr. E. F. McKune, former instructor in horti¬ 
culture in the Colorado Agricultural College, for help in compil¬ 
ing the statistics gathered; to the Denver & Rio Grande and Colo¬ 
rado Midland railroads, and the various fruit growers’ associa¬ 
tions of the Grand Valley; to the Western Sugar and Land Com¬ 
pany, the Toma Securities Company, and many others who were 
helpful in the work. 
