Efficiency in fruit marketing: In-plant transportation equipment for fresh fruit packing houses compared for seasonal cost and efficiency

Sammet, L

Efficiency in fruit marketing: In-plant transportation equipment for fresh fruit packing houses compared for seasonal cost and efficiency

Author

L. L. Sammet

Author Affiliations

L. L. Sammet is Co-operative Agent of the University of California Agricultural Experiment Station, Berkeley, and the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. D. A.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 6(11):11-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v006n11p11. November 1952.

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Abstract

Part VI of a series of reports of studies on the effects of packinghouse equipment, plant layout, and work methods on efficiency and costs. These studies have been made co-operatively by the University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, and the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, United States Department of Agriculture, under the authority of the Research and Marketing Act.

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