IV. Plans and Attitudes of Producers Shipping 

 Milk in Cans Towards Bulk Tank Assembly 



1. Size of Dairy Farms duction period. The sample taken 



showed 80 percent of producers in- 

 The majority of dairy farms in the terviewed shipped less than 1000 lbs. 

 milk shed using cans shipped 1000 per day in the peak month. The dis- 

 lbs. or less per day in the peak pro- tribution is as follows: 



Table 5. Percentage Distribution of Farms Shipping Milk in Cans in 



Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont by Maximum Production per Day 



Compared with Farms Shipping by Tank Truck 



Average lbs. per Day 

 in Peak Month 



299 and under 



300 - 399 

 400 - 499 

 500 - 599 

 600 - 799 

 800 - 999 



1000 - 1199 

 1200 and over 



100 



100 



On the assumption that cows aver- 

 age 25 lbs. per day during the peak, 

 then for can shippers approximately 

 80 percent of the herds had fewer 

 than 40 cows and 42 percent of the 

 herds had fewer than 20 cows. For 

 tank shippers, 72 percent of the 

 herds were under 40 cows and 19 

 percent were fewer than 20 cows. 

 This emphasizes that the study was 

 concerned primarily with herds of 40 

 cows and less. 



2. Production Plans 



The production plans of producers 

 varied with individual circumstances. 

 In 1956, 39 percent of all producers 

 using cans had plans for immediate 



herd expansion. Of those the immedi- 

 ate plans were mostly in terms of 5 

 to 9 cows for the herds of up to 30 

 cows. 



Table 6. Percentage Distribution of 



Planned Herd Increases for Farms 



Shipping Milk in Cans, 



by Size of Increase 



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