TABLE 4.--ESTIMATED TOTAL AND AVERAGE COSTS FOR FILLING AND WEIGHING A
 COMBINATION OF 100- AND 50-POUND BURLAP BAGS ACCORDING TO
 METHODS FOR VARYING ANNUAL VOLUMES


 Method and Output per Hour--hundredweights
 Annual
 Volume Method A Method B Method A Method B
 (cwt.)a 312 321 624 642


 Total Cost per Season (dollars)

 10,000 563 468 905 659
 20,000 715 678 1056 868
 30,000 867 888 1207 1077
 40,000 1019 1098 1358 1286
 50,000 1171 1308 1509 1495
 75,000 1551 1833 1886 2018
 100,000 .... .... 2264 2540
 125,000 .... .... 2642 3062
 150,000 .... .... 3019 3585
 175,000 .... ..... 4108

 Average Cost per Hundredweight (cents)

 10,000 5.63 4.68 9.05 6.59
 20,000 3.58 3.39 5.28 4.34
 30,000 2.89 2.96 4.02 3.59
 40,000 2.55 2.74 3.40 3.22
 50,000 2.34 2.62 3.02 2.99
 75,000 2.07 2.44 2.51 2.69
 100,000 .... .... 2.26 2.54
 125,000 .... .... 2.11 2.45
 150,000 .... .... 2.01 2.39
 175,000 .... .... .... 2.35


 aAssumes that the total annual
100-pound bags and 30 percent 50-pound


volume consists of 70 percent
bags.