208 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 foreman of the pickers in the orchard 175 



For overseer in packing lemons --- 2 00 



"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 showing 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 _. ifO 80 to $0 83 



Freight 1 00 



Cost of selling, winter 12 



Total cost per box, winter shipment _.. Jpl 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 .12 309 



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Lemon Grove, Chula Vista. 



