Table 9.--Average costs per square foot of propagating and finishing and
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 bench space, five large volume and six smaller volume foliage
 plant and potted flowering plant nurseries in Florida, 1973


 Costs per sq. ft.
 Sof prop. & fin. bed & bench space
 All 11 5 large 6 smaller Your
 nurseries nurseries nurseries nursery

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Cash costs
 Operator's salary 34.47 36.26 30.95 C
 Other wages & salaries 142.A7 162.25 103,51
 Plants & seeds to grow on 45.30 51.71 32.67
 Pots, growing containers 27.26 28.91 24.01
 Fuel oil for producing heat 9.98 9.76 10.41
 Peat, soil, shavings, etc. 9.84 11.78 6.02
 Fertilizer & lime 3.08 3.45 2.35
 Pesticides & other chemicals 4.19 4.01 4.54
 Packing boxes & supplies 26.36 28.79 21.59
 Other production supplies 7.46 7.05 8.27
 Repairs & maintenance 16.93 15.90 18.96
 Equipment operating costs 2.72 1.80 4.53
 STravel & entertainment 2.43 2.72 1.85
 Insurance 9.27 9.21 9.38
 T -i ophin, 3.99 4.90 2.20
 Electricity 3.56 3.39 3.88
 Taxes, licenses, bonds 17.99 25.11 3.94
 Advertising 1.33 1.83 .35
 Rent--land and/or buildings 5.67 7.39 2.28
 Other cash expenses 15.53 19.48 7.76
 Totol cash costs 389.84 435.69 299.46

Non-cash costs
 Depreciation machinery & equipment 9.66 9.05 10.85
 Depreciation buildings 10.18 9.72 11.09 __
 Inventory decrease on supplies 0 0 0 __
 Interest on capital @ 6% 19.52 20.17 18.25


 Total non-cash costs
Total all costs

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39.36 38.94 40.19
429.19 474.63 339.65 C


Nurseries with annual sales exceeding $355,U00.

bNurseries with annual sales less than $286,000.