-------+------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-------- | | | | 5% | | | | | Cover|Spraying| | int. | Equip.| O'vh'd| Labor | Total Year | crop |mat. | Bar. |on inv.|charge |charge | cost | cost -------+------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-------- 1902 | |$6.64 |$117.88|$27.45 |$25.00 |$2.97 |$339.45 |$519.39 1903 | |11.22 | 164.92| 28.88 | 25.00 | 2.88 | 249.55 | 482.56 1904 | |10.50 | 109.90| 30.50 | 25.00 | 3.93 | 180.55 | 360.38 1905 |$6.10 |12.45 | 88.80| 30.50 | 25.00 | 3.40 | 158.06 | 324.31 1906 | |14.85 | 112.35| 33.06 | 25.00 | 4.78 | 211.76 | 401.80 1907 |10.00 |16.85 | 79.80| 35.56 | 25.00 | 4.89 | 192.30 | 364.40 1908 | | 9.75 | 205.45| 37.76 | 30.09 | 5.09 | 293.50 | 583.55 1909 | 8.68 |19.26 | 196.35| 41.97 | 38.98 | 5.91 | 280.78 | 591.93 1910 | |23.89 | 116.90| 45.75 | 32.39 | 5.58 | 175.26 | 399.77 1911 |10.50 |27.08 | 206.38| 45.75 | 32.39*| 5.53* | 275.00*| 602.63 -------+------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-------- 10 yr. av. $15.25 $139.87 $35.73 $28.37 $4.78 $235.62 $463.07 Av. per acre 2.50 22.93 5.86 4.65 .78 38.63 75.92 Av. per bbl .036 .327 .084 .066 .011 .552 -1.08 * Partly estimated, records not yet complete. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The cost of the package has varied from 28 to 38 cents and has averaged about 321/2 cents, or $22.93 per acre. Of course the latter amount varies greatly with the crop. Interest has in all cases been figured at five per cent., but as the price of the land has varied from $90 an acre at the beginning of the period to its present valuation of $160,00 an acre, due both to its improvement and to a general increase in the price of land, the amount of interest has also varied. The same is true of the equipment charge which has steadily increased each year. The average valuation of the land for the ten-year period was $117.15 an acre. This means an annual interest charge of $5.86 per acre, or 81/2 cents a barrel. The equipment charge, which is interest, repairs, and depreciation on the machinery used in the orchard, amounts to more than 61/2 cents a barrel, or $4.65 per acre. Taxes and insurance on the buildings distributed per acre for the farm average $.78 per acre, or a trifle over one cent per barrel. These costs have also increased in the last few years.