Table l.--Commodities included, weight distribution, and base period prices used in constructing index
 numbers of Florida farm prices

 Average
 annual
 quantity Percent-
Commodity Unit sold Average age May 1976
 1971-73 price Base contri- Current
 (1000) 1967 value bution values Index
Corn bushel 14,709.3 $ 1.300 $ 19,122,090 1.7 $ 41,333,133
Hay ton 340.3 31.770 10,811,331 .9 14,632,900
Cotton pound 6,032.0 .214 1,290,848 .1 3,619,200
Peanuts pound 142,661.7 .110 15,692,787 1.4 29,673,634
Soybeans bushel 5,588.0 2.658 14,852,904 1.3 27,381,200
Sugarcane for sugar ton 8,059.3 9.200 74,145,560 6.4 115,247,990
Tobacco type 14 pound 20,887.3 .698 14,579,335 1.3 20,678,427
Tobacco type 62 pound 3,478.3 2.250 7,826,175 .7 13,913,200
 Total field crops (8) $158,321,030 13.8 $266,479,684 168.3
Milk (wholesale) cwt. 18,136.7 $ 6.762 $122,640,365 10.7 $206,758,380 168.6
Chickens pound 35,498.3 .073 2,591,376 .2 3,372,338
Broilers (commercial) pound 200,190.3 .128 25,624,358 2.2 48,045,672
Eggs dozen 234,666.7 .296 69,461,343 6.1 106,538,682
 Total poultry products (3) $ 97,677,077 8.5 $157,956,692 161.7
Cattle cwt. 3,701.9 $20.55 $ 76,074,045 6.6 $122,162,700
Calves cwt. 2,544.5 24.17 61,500,565 5.4 88,548,600
Hogs cwt. 999.6 18.39 18,382,644 1.6 46,681,320
 Total meat animals (3) $155,957,254 13.6 $257,392,620 165.0
 Total livestock and products (7) $376,274,696 32.8 $622,107,692 165.3

Oranges box 149,667.7 $ 1.900 $284,368,630 24.8 $428,049,622
Temples box 5,133.3 1.664 8,541,811 .7 14,167,908
Tangerines box 3,300.0 3.162 10,434,600 .9 12,408,000
Grapefruit box 45,100.0 1.552 69,995,200 6.1 129,888,000
Limes box 1,010.0 5.783 5,840,830 .5 12,271,500
 Total Citrus (5) $379,181,071 33.0 $596,785,030 157.4