262 MANAGEMENT OF DAIRY PLANTS 



COUNTRY EXPENSES 



Per 

 quart 

 Transportation, labor, ice, cans and stopples, can washing 



and miscellaneous items $ . 0102 



CITY EXPENSES 



Pasteurizing, washing, and bottling, glass jars, etc 0103 



Salaries of drivers, helpers, foremen, and salesmen 0127 



Teams expense includes horses, wagons, and harnesses . 0070 



Miscellaneous expense, includes bookkeeping, stationery, 

 advertising matter, car fares, telephone calls, and bad 



debts 0038 



Total city expenses $ . 0338 



Total expenses, city and country . 0440 



To this must be added shrinkage and loss in carrying sur- 

 plus .0037 



Grand total . 0477 



The average price paid in the country, middle zone, from 



October i, 1911, to October i, 1912, is, per quart -0390 



Net cost, per quart milk, delivered to customer, family trade $ . 0867 



Percentages of total cost per quart of wholesale and retail 

 from eighty milk distributing plants in Massachusetts are 

 presented in Table XXIV by Cance. 1 The actual total expenses 

 of milk distribution by the same dealers are presented in Fig. 

 30 and Fig. 31. Local conditions greatly influence the cost of 

 marketing milk, which is illustrated by Table XXV. This 

 table was prepared from information furnished by the United 

 States Bureau of Markets of milk prices in various markets of 

 the United States for November, 1918. The Bureau report is 

 based on reports made to the Bureau of Markets by city health 

 officials, milk dealers, and officers of milk producers' associa- 

 tions. 



\Bulletin 173, Mass. Experiment Station, 1917. 



