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Table 1.--Average Costs Per Box of Picking and Hauling Citrus Fruit, 1951-52 Season

 Citrus Dealers Specializing in Buying and Selling, Picking and Hauling


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 Average Volume boxes 809,185 553,265:337,832 39,209: 2,795

 Cost Per Box Cents
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 Field Foremen 1.63 1.22 2.16 1.63 1.22 2.16
 Pickers 17.42 12.15 38.85 17.42 12.15 38.85
 Loaders 2.67 2.20 2.89 2.67 2.20 2.89
 Grove Drivers 1.20 .96 1.60 1.20 .96 1.60
 Highway Drivers 2.17 2.17 2.17 2.17
 Mechanics .02 .41 .14 .04 .25 .57 .47 .68
 Other .07 .15 .14 .12 .29 .36 .34 .51

 Total Labor .09 2.73 23.20 16,69 46.04 26.02 19.51 48.86

 Other Costs:
 S.S. & Work. Comp. Taxes .01 .06 .40 .36 .58 .47 .43 .65
 Gasoline, Oil, Grease .07 1.71 .55 .39 1.00 2.33 2.17 2.78
 Repairs .09 1.97 .80 .49 1.41 2.86 2.55 3.47
 Licenses, Taxes, Bonds .02 .31 .12 .12 .03 .45 .45 .36
 Depreciation .11 1.60 .64 .48 .66 2.35 2.19 2,37
 Insurance .04 .34 .20 .14 .33 .58 .52 .71
 Equipment Rental .02 .03 .01 .02 .02 .06 .07 .07
 Interest Paid .05 .06 .09 .02 .05 .20 .13 .16
 Salaries:
 Management .79 .76 1.28 .93 2.04 2.83 2.48 3.59
 Office .17 .25 .37 .24 .45 .79 .66 .87
 Buyers .48 .48 .48 .48
 Brokerage & Commission .64 .64 .64 .64
 Supplies, Shop Expense .06 .29 .24 .07 .35 .30 .13
 Office Supplies & Expense .02 .03 .05 .05 .04 .10 .10 .09
 Telephone & Telegraph .20 .04 .05 .04 .03 .29 .28 .27
 Lights, Water, Power .02 .03 .03 .02 .02 .08 .07 .07
 Travel Expense .36 .02 .03 .03 .03 .41 .41 .41
 Driver's Expense .06 .06 .06 .06
 Miscellaneous Expense .19 .13 .22 .15 .26 .54 ,47 .58
 Total Other Costs 3.28 7.46 5.13 3.72 7.02 15.87 14.46 17.76

Total Costs 3.37 10.19 28.33 20.41 53.06 41.89 33.97 66.62

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