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Table 7.--Percent of total costs for various categories of expense,
 five large volumea and six smaller volume foliage plant and
 potted flowering plant nurseries in Florida, 1973


Items of cost


Average
all 11
nurseries


Average
5 large
nurseries


Average
6 smaller Your
nurseries nursery


---------------Percent.------------


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 & lime
 Pesticides & other chemicals
 Packing joxes & supplies
 Other prod. supplies
 Repairs & maintenance
 Equipment oper. cost
 Travel & entertainment.
 Insurance
 Telephone
 Electricity
 Taxes, licenses, bonds
 Advertising
 Pent--land ard/or buildings
 Other cash expenses
 Total cash costs


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


 2.25 1.91 3.19
 2.37 2.05 3.27
 0 0 0
 4.55 4.25 5.37
 9.1.7 8.20 11.83
100.00 100.00 100.00


aNurseries with annual sales exceeding $355,000.

Nurseries with annual sales less than $286,000.


8.03
33.20
10.55
6.35
2.32
2.29
 .72
 .98
 6.14
 1.74
 3.95
 .63
 .57
 2.16
 .93
 .83
 4.19
 .31
 1.32
 3.62


90.83


7.64
34.18
10.89
6.09
2.06
2.48
 .73
 .85
 6.06
 1.49
 3.35
 .38
 .57
 1.94
 1.03
 .72
 5.29
 .38
 1.56
 4.10
91.80


9.11
30.48
9.62
7.07
3.06
1.77
 .69
 1.34
 6.36
 2.43
 5.58
 1.33
 .55
 2.76
 .65
 1.14.
 1.16
 .10
 .67
 2.28
88.17


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