TABLE 12.--ESTIMATED VARIABLE AND FIXED LABOR AND EQUIPMENT COSTS FOR TRANS-
 PORTING AND LOADING 100- AND 50-POUND BURLAP BAGS OF POTATOES IN
 TRUCKS AND RAIL CARS BY SELECTED METHODS AT
 VARYING RATES OF OUTPUT


 Low Output Ratea High Output Ratea

 Hand Hand
 Item Truck Conveyor Truck Conveyor
 Method System Method System


 Variable Costs

Cost per hour:
 Labor $8.000 $4.000 $15.000 $8.000
 Electricity .... .120 ...... .240
 Repairs .018 .240 .032 .480
 Total $8.018 $4.360 $15.032 $8.720

Cost per hundredweight
 (cents): 2.83 1.54 2.66 1.54

 Fixed Costs

Replacement costs:
 Hand trucks $ 360 .... $ 630 ....
 Conveyor system ... $4698 ... $9396
 Built-up floor ... 100 ... 200
 Total $ 360 $4798 $ 630 $9596

Annual fixed costs:
 Hand trucks $ 59 ... $ 104
 Conveyor system ... $ 775 ... $1550
 Built-up floor ... 12 ... 23
 Total $ 59 $ 787 $ 104 $1573


 aThe low output rate is equal approximately 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.

 bAssumes that thettotal output is made up of 70 percent 100-pound
bags and 30 percent 50-pound bags.