Table 6.--Average costs per nursery for various categories of expense,
 five large and twelve smaller volume foliage plant and potted
 flowering plant nurseries in Florida, 1976

 Average Average Average
 Item all 17 5 large 12 smaller Your
 nurseries nurseries nurseries nursery
 - - Dollars - - -

Cash costs
Operator's salary 32,320 47,539 25,978
Other wages & salaries 194,349 420,861 99,968
Plants & seeds to grow on 90,626 109,949 82,575
Pots, growing containers 37,034 69,512 23,502
Fuel oil for prod. heat 19,236 38,904 11,042

Peat, soil, shavings, etc. 14,617 24,387 10,547
Fertilizer and lime 5,463 10,555 3,342
Pesticides & other chem. 4,293 7,467 2,971
Packing boxes & supplies 22,372 48,986 11,283
Other prod. supplies 14,860 33,776 6,979

Repairs & maintenance 13,806 29,938 7,085
Equipment operating costs 8,134 13,332 5,968
Travel & entertainment 3,468 7,704 1,703-
Insurance 10,765 20,861 6,559
Telephone 4,636 8,939 2,843

Electricity 6,767 13,057 4,146
Taxes, licenses, bonds 3,487 6,669 2,162.
Advertising 1,827 3,458 1,147
Rent; land and/or bldgs. 8,387 22,114- 2,668
Other cash expenses 25,767 57,345 12,610
 Total cash costs 522,216' 995,354 325,075

Non-cash costs
 Depreciation mach. & equip. 18,078 44,476 7,078
 Depreciation bldgs., etc. 16,809 30,129 11,259
 Inventory decreases, supplies 0 0 0
 Interest on capital @ 8% 40,279 76,175 25,322
 Total non-cash costs 75,166 150,780 43,660

 Total all costs 597,382 1,146,133 368,735


aNurseries with annual sales exceeding $700,000.