With respect to the effect of non-transit ingredients upon feed costs, it 

 would obviously pay local mills to utilize local sources to the maximum, 

 other things being equal. Indeed, the listing of firms selling mixed-feed in- 

 gredients in New Hampshire includes a number of New England seaboard 

 suppliers of meat scraps, fish meal, milk by-products, and supplements. 



Other than the preceding, it is difficult to generalize about the com- 

 parative advantage in transportation rates on non-transit items as between 

 New Hampshire mills and those in other states. The transportation cost of 

 non-transit items originating in the Midwest would tend to be about the 

 same for all mills serving the feed needs of the State. For some other items 

 like molasses, several sources of supply may be used alternatively or simul- 

 taneously. 



Molasses is used in considerable amounts in mixed dairy feeds. Points 

 of origin are associated with sugar refining, i.e., beet .sugar refineries of 

 the West, cane sugar refineries in Louisiana, seaboard refineries of off-shore 

 production from such areas as Cuba and Puerto Rico, or refineries located 

 in off-shore areas from whence molasses is shipped in ocean tankers. A 

 nearby mill obtaining supplies via Atlantic port cities in tank trucks might 

 have to pay local freight on this item in the mixed feed from the mill to 

 point of destination. On the other hand, inland mills shipping molasses con- 

 taining dairy feed to the State would have to pav two local freight charges 

 on the item, one from ocean port or western refinery to the mill and the 

 other from mill to destination. 



Most shipments of meat scraps originate in the packing plants of the 

 Midwest. Hence, there would be no general advantage in favor of nearby 

 mills on this item except insofar as they could obtain supplies from nearby 

 packing plants. Similar reasoning would hold for milk bv-products. On 

 items like fish meal, however, nearby mills would generally have a freight 

 advantage over inland mills shipping into New Hampshire. 



Table 7. Estimated Proportions of Mi!ling-in-Transit Items in Selected Grain-Feeds^ 



Percentage 



Milling-in-transit 



Items 



100% 

 90-99 



80 89 



70-79 

 Under 70 



Poultry Feeds 



Scratch Feed 



Chick starter 



All mash, grower 



All mash, layer 



All mash, turkey grower 



All mash, breeder 



Reg. grower 



Reg. layer 



Reg. breeder 



All mash, turkey starter 



Reg. turkey grower 



Reg. turkey breeder 



High animal protein supplements 

 Milk product supplements 



Dairy Feeds 



20% dairy ration 

 32% supplement 



16% dairy ration 

 14% fitting 

 Calf starter 



Calving ration 

 Milk substitute 



1 Based upon composition data of New England College Conference rations and 

 Eastern States feeds. 



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