Area 2 



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handler in an area was compared with the mean price ^^ of all the shippers to that 

 handler to determine whether or not a tendency towards uniformity existed. 



T.A.BLE 14. — Comparison of Weighted Aver.\ge of Producers' 3.7 F. O. B. 

 Prices Adjusted for Charges*, with Dealer's Product-Cost 



Dealer 



79 

 52 

 70 

 67 

 60 

 61 

 78 

 59 



03 

 70 

 67 

 64 



57 



03 

 70 



25 



♦Adjusted, except in the case of flat-plan dealers and cooperatives, by the addition of a 6 cent 

 charge made by the N.E.M.P.A., plus, except in the case of flat-plan dealers, a 1 cent charge for 

 the Milk Control Board. 



In most of the arrangements characterized by practically identical prices, the 

 dealer had only a few shippers and all were located in the one area. Relationships 

 among shipper groups selling to dealers ha\'ing more than ten patrons were 

 variable. In Area 2 three groups were involved and each handler sub-group had 

 a mean price identical or nearly so with the milkshed average for the handler. 



Except for one small group a similar relationship existed in Area 6. The 

 shippers whose prices were substantially above average had an average ratio of 

 ratings to deliveries of 95.8 percent. As a consequence of this rather "ideal" 

 relationship between rating and deliveries, the average price received by this 

 group tended to approximate that paid for rated milk rather than that paid for 

 all milk. 



The situation in Area 12 was the most variable. Each sub-group differed 

 appreciably from the over-all average; two below and one above. Data were not 

 complete for each of the dealers. If it were, analysis would probably show that 

 the advantages and disadvantages, as the case might have been, were also asso- 

 ciated with ratings. 



*'The dealer's product-cost. 



