TABLE 7.--Total Costs Per Box for Buying and Selling, Picking and Hauling Citrus Fruits, Seven
 Seasons

 No. Buying Picking All operations: Buying,selling,
 No. Buying Pickingnd hauling
 Season of and Hauling picking and hauling
 firms selling Oranges Grape- Tange- Oranges Grape- Tange-
 fruit rines fruit rines
 - - - - cents per box - - -
 Citrus Dealers
 1950-51 9 3.84 10.31 28.36 18.62 56.93 42,51 32.77 71.08
 1951-52 15 3.37 10.19 28.33 20.41 53.06 41.89 33.97 66.62
 1952-53 11 3.02 9.63 27.82 21.12 50.07 40.47 33.77 62.72
 1953-54 13 2.74 9.50 29.83 19.73 62.14 42.07 31.97 74.38
 1954-55 11 2.36 8.47 28.89 19.58 63.25 39.72 30.41 74.08
 1955-56 10 2.71 11.04 30.46 21.69 69.34 44.21 35.44 83.09
 1956-57 8 2.39 10.65 29.65 20.94 75.40 42.69 33.98 88.44
 Fresh Fruit Packers and Processors
1951-52 11 a 9.24 28.53 19.23 62.59 37.770 28.470 71.830
1952-53 18 a 9.75 29.77 22.24 59.78 39.520 31.990 69.530
1953-54 24 a 9.67 28.41 20.70 60,81 38.08a 30.370 70.480
1954-55 24 a 9.84 28.94 21.12 64.78 38.78a 30.960 74.62a
1955-56 26 a 8.82 30.53 21.74 66.33 39.35a 30.560 75.15a
1956-57 26 a 8.72 32.04 24.17 73.92 40.760 32.89a 82.640
 Total all Firms
1951-52 26 3.37b 9.81 28.42 19.51 61.93 41.60 32.69 75.11
1952-53 29 3.02b 9.71 29.12 21.98 59.62 41.85 34.71 72.35
1953-54 37 2.74b 9.61 28.87 20.58 60.86 41.22 32.93 73.21
1954-55 36 2.36b 9.38 28.93 20.91 64.72 40.67 32.65 76.46
1955-56 36 2.71b 9.47 30.52 21.73 66.39 42.70 33.91 78.57
1956-57 34 2.39b 9.27 31.36 23.46 73.96 43.02 35.12 85.62


 aThe cost of buying and selling unpacked fruit is not incurred by fresh packers and is not
included in the total of all operations. Thus, their total costs are not comparable with citrus
dealers.


bAverage cost for citrus dealers.