outweigh the advantage of merely achieving low cost in the picking and hauling operation.

 Total picking costs for 8 citrus dealers and 22 packinghouses varied from 26.3 cents

to 43.7 cents per box for oranges, and from 18.8.cents to 31.2 cents per box for grapefruit.

 The range in cost for picking tangerines was from 60.6 cents to 88.0 cents per box

for 24 firms (Table 4).

 Hauling costs for 7 citrus dealers and 22 packinghouses varied from 6.6 cents to

13.0 cents per box (Table 5).


TABLE 4.--Variation in Total Cost Per Box for 30 Firms for Picking Oranges and 29 Firms
Picking Grapefruit and 24 Firms Picking Tangerines, 1956-57 Season, Citrus Dealers and
 Packers


Cost per box
 (cents)
 18- 20.9
 21 -23.9
 24 26.9
 27 29.9
 30 32.9
 33 -35.9
 36-38.9
 39 -41.9
 42 44.9

 60 64.9
 65 -69.9
 70 74.9
 75 -79.9
 80 84.9
 85 -89.9
 Total number of firms

Average Cost Per Box (cents)
Ranges in Costs (cents)


Oranges Grapefruit Tangerines


Number of firms
 7
 10
 7
 3
 2


 30

 31.4
26.3 -43.7


 29

 23.5
18.8-31.2


 24

 74.0
60.6 88.0


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