THE TRANSPORTATION OF MILK 195 



TABLE 56. COST OF TEAMING MILK ON 53 FARMS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, 

 NEW YORK (HOPPER AND ROBERTSON) 



TABLE 57. TEAMING COSTS\PER FARM, 6,582,183 LB. OF MILK ON 53 FARMS JEFFER- 

 SON COUNTY, NEW YORK (HOPPER AND ROBERTSON) 



Average length of haul, 2.14 miles. 



Rate per mile per hundredweight, $0.055. 



TABLE 58. COST OF HAULING MILK FROM 148 FARMS IN DELAWARE COUNTY, NEW 

 YORK TO CREAMERY (WARREN) 



Milk hired hauled 



Milk hauled by farmer 



A farmer's time counted at 15 cts. per hour. 



A boy's time counted at 8 cts. per hour. 



A team's time counted at 15 cts. per hour or 8 cts. per horse per hour. The time 

 taken to get ready and to hitch up as well as the small size of the load makes the cost to 

 the farmer of hauling his own milk very high. 



