Table 7. Farms Shipping Milk in Cans, by Size of Herd : 

 Percentage Planning a Herd Increase 



3. Reasons for Plans 



The reasons for planned increases 

 are varied. A few were planning an 

 expansion with the prospect of us- 

 ing a farm bulk milk tank. 



Table 8. Farms Shipping Milk 



in Cans: Farmers' Reasons for 



Planned Increase in Herd Size 



Percent 



To use existing building capacity 



Added help available 



Herd improvement plans 



Improved pasture program 



To increase income 



In preparation for bulk tank 



22 

 5 



27 

 1 



34 



11 



100 



The 61 percent who planned no 

 increase in herd size gave reasons 

 varying from old age to problems of 

 capacity of farm or buildings. 



Table 9. Farms Shipping Milk 



in Cans: Farmers' Reasons for 



Having No Planned Increases 



in Herd Size 



Percent 



Farm acreage too small 26 



Existing tie up capacity used in full 34 



100 



4. Relationship of Producers 

 With Cans to Truckers 



There is a joint responsibility be- 

 tween dealers and producers to use 

 the most dependable form of ship- 

 ment. The charge for hauling milk 

 from a farm to a dealer is generally 

 deducted as a cost from the farmer's 

 milk price. Milk is hauled by the 

 farmer himself, or is picked up by 

 other farmers or by independent 

 specialized truckers. There are in 

 general no formal contracts for haul- 

 ing milk. In Vermont 19 percent of 

 the producers using cans were self 

 haulers, with 13 percent in Maine 

 and 22 percent in New Hamoshire. 

 For every 100 producers in the three 

 states — Maine, New Hampshire and 

 Vermont, 18 were self-haulers. The 

 roads are passable all year round for 

 trucks hauling cans. 



The co-ops tended to have a smal- 

 ler proportion of their producers as 

 self-haulers than did the independent 

 dealers. This was due largely to the 

 situation in Vermont, where 24 per 

 cent of the producers shipping to in- 

 dependent dealers were self-haulers 

 compared with 17 percent of those 

 shipping to cooperatives. The propor- 

 tions were 14 and 10 percent in 

 Maine and 26 and 14 percent in 

 New Hampshire. 



5. Bulk Milk Tanks in Place 

 Of Can Coolers 



In its own day, the refrigerated 

 can cooler was a marked improve- 



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