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Table 2.--Average Costs Per Box of Picking and Hauling Citrus Fruits, 1951-52
 Season

 Fresh Fruit Packinghouses and Processors

 s : sTotal
 -:-Picking- Total
 hauling icing Picking & Hauling
 Hauling----------- s ------
 :Oranges'Grape- Tange- Oranges Grape- Tange-
 Sfruit rines fruit rines

 Number of Operators 9 10 10 10
 s I *
 Average Volume boxes 567,852 371,897'166,955 18,987:

 Cost Per Box Cents
 Labors
 Field Foremen 2.03 1.34 4.80 2,03 1.34 4.80
 Pickers 17.63 10.94 4,.67 17.63 10.94 43.67
 Loaders 3.11 2.47 3.79 3.11 2.47 3.79
 Grove Drivers 1.23 1.07 1.92 1.23 1.07 1.92
 Highway Drivers 2.67 2.67 2.67 2.67
 Mechanics .27 .06 ,02 .09 .33 .29 *36
 Other .13 .08 .05 .13 .21 .18 .26
 Total Labor 3.07 24.14 15.89 54.40 27.21 18.96 57.47

 Other Costs:
 S.S. & Work. Comp. Taxes .16 .39 .34 1.01 .55 .50 1.17
 Gasoline, Oil, Grease 1.51 .35 .22 .54 1.86 1.73 2.05
 Repairs 1.85 1.42 1.47 2.54 3.27 3.32 4.39
 Licenses, Taxes, Bonds .20 .06 .03 .08 .26 .23 .28
 Depreciation 1.21 .74 .34 1.41 1,95 1.55 2.62
 Insurance .22 .16 .09 .32 .38 .31 .54
 Equipment Rental .18 .18 .18 .18
 Interest Paid .06 .06
 Salaries:
 Management .39 .52 .44 .94 .91 .83 1.33
 Office .14 .17 .13 ,30 .31 .27 .44
 Supplies, Shop Expense .02 .05 .03 .12 .07 .05 .14
 Office Supplies & Expense .02 .12 .05 .22 .14 .07 .24
 Telephone & Telegraph .04 .04 .03 .07 .08 ,07 .11
 Lights, Water & Power .01 .02 .01 .02 .03 .02 .03
 Travel Expense .01 .04 .03 .10 .05 .04 .11
 Miscellaneous Expense .21 .31 .13 .46 .52 .34 .67
 Total Other Costs 6.17 4.39 3.34 8.19 10.56 9.51 14.36

Total Costs 9.24 28.53 19.23 62.59 37.77 28.47 71.83

*Less than .005 cents.