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 Most of the season-to-season variation in cost for each service is due to the firms

included. These have not remained identical each year, and as previously pointed out,

costs vary widely between firms.



 Table 4. -- Variation in Total Cost Per Box for 29 Firms
 Picking Oranges and Grapefruit, and 21
 Firms Picking Tangerines, 1953-54 Season.

 Citrus Dealers and Packers


Cost Per Box

 (Cents)
 15- 17.9
 18 20.9
 21 23.9
 24 26.9
 27 29.9
 30 32.9
 33 35.9

 55 59.9
 60 64.9
 65 69.9
 70 74.9
Total Number of Firms

Average Cost Per Box


Oranges : Grapefruit : Tangerines

 Number of Firms
 2
 14
 1 13


29

28.9 je


29

20.6 X


6
9
2
4
21

60.9 j


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