CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION Servicer [CIRC 42 
TABLE 5 
F'HE AVERAGE Costs AND RETURNS oF CANNING PEACHES IN 1928, SurTER COUNTY 
Item Dollars 
Labor cost per acre... 141.38 
Material cost per aere...........ccooovcovve a. 17.99 
Cash overhead per acre... ooo. 16.01 
Other overhead per acre... ............. 101.05 
Total cost per acre............ csi 303.41 
Total income per acre... ... ooo. 238.28 
Net loss per acre... 41.13 
Labor cost per ton... 11.85 
Material cost per ton... 1:51 
Cash overhead per ton... '.59 
Other overhead per ton... 8.47 
Total cost per ton... 23.42 
Total income per ton... coe. 20.00 
Net loss per ton............. 3.42 
Number of records..............c.oooceerircrnnenn, £9.0 
Dal iii, 08 
ACres Per TCO... .........ccoooeooeryeirsoereaan, 7.37 
Trees Per acre. ...........ccoovvvvcconnncrnnn. 102.0 
Tons per acre... 11.93 
TABLE 6 
CoMmparisoN or Costs, YIELDS, AND RETURNS PER TON, BY VARIETIES, ON FULL 
BEARING ORCHARDS FOR 1928: STANISLAUS COUNTY 
Number of records... oir 
Total NUMbBEr ACTS. co.cc 
Average tons per acre... 
Average age trees... 
Pruning and brush disposal ...............ccooevrerrerirnrennnron 
[EPIgAtION.......cooiiiii eee 
COVEE CFODS..covvvcereeniivsoiie seers sevens reson 
CURIONI vii sistisssissssiinmnssseeesssapessesmsmesem seems 
PTODPINE cocoons sesso aera 
HATVEStING. eovvvooovv eer 
Hauling to CANNETY.........ccoooooinviiiiivveceererr orien 
SDIAYIIIZ co ceoieecerennneeceeeeeeoeeeosoeeeeeeeoeeoeeeeee 
Miscellaneous. ....ccoooccevnivi oes eeeseeoe ooo 
General eXPenSes. ....co i oiiemvoceoneeer ieee 
[Erigation SAKES... eee 
COUNEY LAKES cocci cceermvereennccriecoene ee erree ees oeeoersonsos 
Average sub-total... 
Interest and depreciation on trees... 
[nterest and depreciation on improvements... 
Interest and depreciation on equipment....................... 
Interest on investment in land... 
TOtal COS...ouniveeririnicicriiiiiei cee, 
Average income per ton™ oon, 
Net profit or loss per ton... 
Mid- 
Tuscan | SH op | 
Free- jl a 
stones Phillips 
3 ' 10 13 
32.75 | 66.0 | 74.5 | 66.8 
9.77 11.83 14.4 15.3 
8.0 7.0 8.2 9.6 
“nst pertor’ ox per ton’ Sost per ton|Cost per ton 
$2.42 $1.87 $1.66 $1.t1 
1.37 30 57 2% 
.08 17 07 12 
1.05 77 22 .65 
3.44 97 {1 2.35 
.18 37 A2 23 
7.52 +.23 .61 1.35 
32 1.01 51 84 
19 1.52 70 92 
1 (12 14 10 
91 .62 55 .58 
60 .468 9 .35 
7 Ad ER 57 
$13.12 
$2.80 
.09 
.44 
1.25 
$17.70 
$20.00 
£2.30 
* The income per ton is based on the average price paid by the California Canning Peach Growers 
Association for various grades in 1928.