204 STATE BOAKD OP 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 _ 150 



For foremen of the pickers in the orchard 1 75 



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 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 



Rentof 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 



Suvimer 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, 



