TABLE 8.--ESTIMATED VARIABLE COST PER HOUR FOR TRANSPORTING AND LOADING
 100- AND 50-POUND BURLAP BAGS OF POTATOES INTO TRUCKS BY
 SELECTED METHODS AT TWO RATES OF OUTPUT


Low Rate of Outputa


 Labor
 Electricity
 Repairs
 Total

Variable cost per
 cwt. (cents)c


$ 7.000
 .014
 7.014

 $ 7.014
 2.48


$ 3.000
 .075
 .152
$ 3.227


 1.14


$ 6.2500
 .0670
 .0075
$ 6.3245


 2.23


High Rate of Outputa


 Labor
 Electricity
 Repairs
 Total

Variable cost per
 cwt. (cents)


$13.000

 .027
$13.027


 2.30


$ 6.000
 .150
 .304
$ 6.454


 1.14


$12.5000
 .1340b
 .0150
$12.6490


 2.23


 aThe low output rate is approximately equal to that attained
with a four-station bagging table using simultaneous filling and weighing,
and the high is about equal to the eight-station bagging table.

 bAdapted from: R. K. Bogardus and S. W. Burt, Loading Out Fruits
and Vegetables in Wholesale Warehouses, U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Marketing Research Report 282, March, 1959.

 CThis assumes that the total output is made up of 70 percent
100-pound bags and 30 percent 50-pound bags.