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STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. 



"For labor I pay the following prices per day: 



For girls __ $1 00 



For ordinary men's labor _ 1 25 



For more experienced men _. 1 50 



For foremen of the pickers in the orchard 1 75 



For overseer in packing lemons 200 



"The cost of handling lemons, as above, does not include 

 anything for general overseer of the orchard, or for clerical 

 help in the office." 



B A. Woodford, Secretary and Manager of the Ontario 

 Lemon Exchange, gave the same committee a statement show- 

 ing in detail the cost of a box of lemons from the tree to the 

 car, as follows: 



Picking (Hauling calculated in orchard expenses). $0 15 to $0 18 



Exchange expense 20 



Packing 08 



Rent of plant ($5,000 investment) ._ 08 



Curing expense (labor) 15 



Office and miscellaneous expense 14 



Total expense to car, per box $0 80 to $0 83 



Freight ._. 1 00 



Cost of selling, winter _ 12 



Total cost per box, winter shipment _. $L 92 to $1 95 



Summer Shipment. 



Winter shipment $1 92 to $1 95 



Increased cost of selling (25c.) ..- 13 



Icing _ 229 



Cost per box, summer shipment $2 279 to $2 309 



Lemon Grove, Chula Vista. 



