requirements, but while the results show a steady decline in time per 100 

 pound bag as the size of the individual delivery increases, at no point is 

 it conclusive that additional men are utilized efficiently. 



There is little reason to expect that the average time required to place 

 the truck in position for unloading, or to collect and obtain orders, would 

 be substantially different on larger orders than on smaller orders. Thus, 

 these items are relatively fixed in total irrespective of size of delivery, but 

 decline somewhat in relation to additional units unloaded at the stop. Time 

 needed to set the truck in position for unloading is more properly a function 

 of the number of separate settings of the truck, whether one or more per 

 farm, whereas collecting and reordering time is more properly a function 

 of the number of farms (or orders). 



Just as the "position" time requirements appear excessive, so do the 

 time requirements for collecting and reordering. Both are a result of atti- 

 tudes and policies and can only be reduced by cooperation between the feed 

 dealer and the farmer. "Position" time is a direct result of the location of 

 farm grain storage points and the extra carrying the farmer expects or the 

 feed dealer is forced to do by competition. Collecting and reordering time 

 is affected by the regularity of delivery time, credit considerations, and the 



Table 15. Effect of Number of Men and Size of Delivery on Man Minutes 

 per Bag Required in Making Deliveries of Grain 



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