Table 6.--Average costs per nursery for various categories of expense,
 five large volume and six smaller volume foliage plant and
 potted flowering plant nurseries in Florida, 1973


 Average Average Average
 Items of cost all 11 5 large 6 smaller Your
 nurseries nurseries nurseries nursery

 ---------------Dollars---------------


Cash costs
 Operator's salary
 Other wages & salaries
 Plants & seeds to grow on
 Pots, growing containers
 Fuel oil for producing heat
 Peat? soil, shavings, etc.
 Fertilizer & limei;;.
 Pesticides & other chemicals
 Packing boxes & supplies
 Other production supplies
 Repairs & maintenance
 Equipment operating costs
 Travel & entertainment
 Insurance
 Telephone
 Electricity
 Taxes, licenses & bonds
 AdverLising
 Rent--lnd and/or buildings
 Other cash expenses
 Total cash costs

Non-cash costs
 Depreciation machinery & equipment
 Depreciation buildings
 Inventory decrease on supplies
 Interest on capital @ 6%


 Tqtal non-cash costs
Total all costs


26,488 40,662 14,677 $
109,472 181,939 49,083
34,807 57,986 15,492
20,944 32,417 11,384
 7,666 10,945 4,935__
 7,561 13,206 2,857
 2,367 3,867 1,117
 3,220 4,498 2,155
 20,257 32,279 10,239
 5,734 7,911 3,919
 13,011 17,835 8,991
 2,090 2,021 2,148
 1,865 3,047 879
 7,121 10,331 4,447
 3,066 5,493 1,044
 2,733 3,807 1,839
 13,820 28,159 1,870
 1,021 2,048 165
 4,356 8,283 1,083
 11,936 21,844 3,679
299,535 488,578 141,998 $


7,420
7,822
 0
15,000


10,152
10,898
 0
22,615


5,143
5,259
 0
8,65A


$


30,242 43,666 19,056 S
329,777 532,244 161,055 $


a
Nurseries with annual sales exceeding $355,000.
b
Nurseries with annual sales less than $286,000.