Table 22. Percentage Distribution of Farms Shipping Milk in Cans, 



by Production Size Group and by Seasonality of Production 



in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, 1955-1956 



Size Group, 

 Lbs. per Day 



80 - 100 



Seasonality Ratio 



50-79 



0-49 



Total 



499 and under 



500 - 999 

 1000 and over 



All groups 



Percent 



17 



Percent 



48 



Percent 



35 



Percent 



100 



high seasonality among the smaller 

 producers than among the larger. 

 This is apparent in the breakdown 

 by fanner size group (Table 22). 



Eighty-three percent of the pro- 

 ducers who were using cans would re- 

 quire tank sizes which would have a 

 substantial degree of unused capacity 

 most of the year. Similarly, truckers 

 assembling milk from producers 

 would be faced with the same prob- 

 lem of carrying unused capacity. 

 Transportation firms large enough to 

 plan alternative routes and uses for 

 their tanks would not have the same 

 cost problem as those truckers with 

 limited alternatives to their everydav 

 milk assemblv routes. 



4. Seasonality of Producers 

 Using Tanks 



In comparison with the producers 

 using cans, a higher percentage of 

 producers with tanks had less season- 

 ality of production. Twenty-five pet- 

 cent had ratios of 80 and over, 58 per 

 cent between 50 and 79, and only 17 

 percent less than 49. This compar- 

 atively lower seasonality of tank 

 users might have been due to the 

 selective process of tanks beina; pur- 

 chased first by uniform producers, 

 and it might have been due in part 

 to the effect of the tank on the pro- 

 duction practices of the producer. 

 A comparison of seasonality and size 

 is given in the following table. 



Table 23. Percentage Distribution of Farms with Bulk Milk Tanks 



by Production Size Group and by Seasonality of Production, 



in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. 1955-56 



Size Group, 

 Lbs. per Day 



80 - 100 



Seasonality Ratio 



50-79 



0-49 



Total 



499 and under 



500 - 999 

 1000 and over 



All groups 



Percent 



25 



Percent 



58 



Percent 



17 



Percent 



100 



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