If the freezer performs more services than indicated above, costs 

 rise accordingly. The largest operator in Broimsville charges 3 cents per 

 pound for retioval by conveyor from delivering truck, culling, grading, 

 freezing, glazing, mastering and loading on the removing ti-uck. In almost 

 every Instance, tlae o'smer of the shrimp provides his o\m individual carton, 

 but if he does not, the freezer vill supply cartons at a coot of 1.8 cents 

 per pound. Storage charges are not included here because many public 

 freezers located on the Texas coast do not have sufficient facilities for 

 storing large quantities. Hence, those who use facilities of public fi^eoz- 

 ers do so with the understanding that their shrimp will be stored only \m- 

 til they have accvmnilated a full truck load. 



In Alabacia, the cost of freezing at the time of the Bureau's 

 survey was 2 cents per pound with the person holding title paying for the 

 cartoning, glazing, and the preparation for freezing. The charge for 

 warehousing was 50 cents per 100 pounds per nonth. 



A 1-1/2 cent-per-pound charge in Mississippi included glazing 

 and packing in master cartons but did not cover the cost of the carton 

 and the preparation of the shrimp for the freezer. While the l-l/2-cent 

 charge allowed for one month's free storage, additional storage was pro- 

 vided at a cost of 35 cents per 100 pounds per month. 



Freezer charges in the State of Louisiana varied from 1-1/2 

 cents per pound, if the customer supplied his cartons, 3 cents if niateri- 

 als were provided by the freezer. If complete packing and freezing serv- 

 ices were performed, a charge of 5 cents was made which included one 

 month's free storage. Charges for additional storage varied between 50 

 to 75 cents per month per 100 pounds. 



Rate schedules for custora packing and free.iing of shrimp fur- 

 nished to the United States Fish and VJildlife Sei^ice by two corapanies 

 are reproduced in tables V - 55 and V - 56. 



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