Contents 



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I. INTRODUCTION 3 



II. THE SETTING 1 



1. The Boston Milk Shed 4 



2. Retail Bottling Plants in Secondary Markets 7 



3. Manufacturing Plants 7 



4. Country Receiving Plants 7 



5. Long and Short Hauls 8 



III. PROCEDURE OF STUDY 8 



IV. PLANS AND ATTITUDES OF PRODUCERS SHIPPING MILK IN 

 CANS TOWARDS BULK TANK ASSEMBLY 12 



1. Size of Dairy Farms 12 



2. Production Plans 12 



3. Reasons for Plans 13 



4. Relationship of Producers with Cans to Truckers 13 



5. Bulk Milk Tanks in Place of Can Coolers 13 



6. Towards the Adoption of Bulk Tank 14 



7. Cost of Change-over 15 



V. EXPERIENCES AND PLANS OF PRODUCERS WHO HAD CHANGED 



TO BULK MILK TANKS 16 



1. Motives for Changing to Bulk Tank 16 



2. Size of Tank 17 



3. Type of Tank 17 



4. Cost of Alterations 18 



5. Disposal of Cooler 18 



6. Financing of Tank 18 



7. Change in Herd Size 18 



8. Production Plans 20 



VI. SEASONALITY OF PRODUCTION IN RELATION TO THE ASSEMBLY 



OF MILK 21 



1. Unused Capacity is a Cost 21 



2. A Measure of Seasonality 21 



3. Seasonality of Producers Using Cans 21 



4. Seasonality of Producers Using Tanks 22 



5. Farm Tank Use and Size of Producers 23 



6. Dealer Operating Problems Arising from Seasonal Production 23 



VII. COOPERATIVES AND BULK ASSEMBLY OF MILK 24 



1. Proprietary Dealers' Decisions to Change 24 



2. The Decision for Farmer Cooperatives 24 



3. A Purchase Policy for Cooperatives 25 



4. Operating Problems for Cooperatives and Non-Cooperatives are 



Similar 25 



VIII. EXPERIENCES AND PLANS OF MILK DEALERS IN THE BULK 



ASSEMBLY OF MILK 26 



1. Number of Producers per Dealer 26 



2. Plans for Bulk Assembly 26 



3. Experiences of Dealers Receiving Milk in Bulk 27 



IX. CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUCKERS ASSEMBLING MILK 28 



1. Can Truckers 28 



2. Can Truck Characteristics 29 



3. Paying for Can Trucks 30 



4. Opinions of Can Truckers on Conversion Problems 30 



5. Tank Truckers 30 



6. Financing Payments for Tank Trucks 31 



7. Rejection of Milk 31 



