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tween costs of individual firms, most of the differences between the two seasons

are apparently due to different combinations of firms.



 Table 7.--Comparison of Total Costs for Picking & Hauling Citrus
 Fruits, 1950-51 and 1951-52

 Citrus Dealers Only
 S 1950-51 : 1951-52
 Operation :Number of: CostS-:Number of: Costs-
 :Operators: Cents :Operators: Cents
 : :Per Boxt :Per Box
 Buying & Selling 7 3.84 13 3.37
 Hauling 9 10.31 14 10.19
 Picking Oranges 8 28.36 13 28033
 Grapefruit 8 18.62 13 20.41
 Tangerines 4 56.93 5 53.06
 All Operations: Buying,
 Selling, Picking & Hauling-
 Oranges 42.51 41#89
 Grapefruit 32.77 33197
 Tangerines 71.08 66.62


AHStmm 1/23/53
Exp. Sta., Ag* Ec. 25