Table 8.--Average costs per square foot of total be! and bench space,
 five large volume and six smaller volume' foliage plant and
 potted flowering plant nurseries in Florida, 1973


 Costs per sq. ft.
 of total bed & bench space
 Items f cot All 11 5 large 6 smaller Your
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 Cash costs
 Operator's salary 16.77 15.44 20.92 C
 Other wages & salaries 69.30 69.09 69.97
 Plants & seeds to grow on 22.04 22.02 22.08
 Pots, growing containers 13.26 12.31 16.23
 Fuel oil for producing heat 4.85 4.16 7.03
 Peat, soil, shavings, etc. 4.79 5.01 4.07
 Fertilizer & lime 1.50 1.47 1.59
 Pesticides & other chemicals 2.04 1.71 3.07
 Packing boxes, supplies 12.82 12.26 14.60
 Other production supplies 3.63 3.00 5.59
 Repairs & maintenance 8.24 6.77 12.82
 Equipment operating costs 1.32 .77 3.06
 Travel & entertainment 1.18 1.16 1.25
 Insurance 4.51 3.92 6.34
 Telephone 1.94 2.09 1.49
 Electricity 1.73 1.45 2.62
 Taxes, licenses, bonds 8.75 10.69 2.67
 Advertising .65 .78 .23
 Eent--iand and/or buildings 2.76 3.15 1.54
 Other cash expenses 7.56 8.30 5.24
 To"al cash costs 189.62 185.53 202.43

 Non-cash costs
 Depreciation machinery & equipment 4.70 3.86 7.33
 Depreciation buildings 4.95 4.14 7.50
 Inventory decrease supplies 0 0 0
 Interest on capital @ 6% 9.50 8.59 12.34
 Total non-cash costs 19.15 16.58 27.17
Total all costs 208.77 202.11 229.60

 Nurseries with annual sales exceeding $355,000.

 Nu-series with annual sales less than $286,000.