to a cost between 21 and 17 cents. needed, to replace the country receiv- 

 To achieve such a saving, the trucker ing station, 

 must change to every-other-day pick- 

 up or 3-times-per-week pickup, and, 

 preferably, get fuller utilization of 

 his truck by serving more farms than 

 are served by the comparable can 

 truck. 



18. The average profit on six milk 

 tank truck routes was 6 cents per cwt. 

 of milk and $7.87 per route per day. 

 For fourteen can assembly routes, the 

 corresponding figures were 9 cents 

 and $7.44. The narrow difference in 

 the return per route per day, despite 

 substantial difference in the cost of 

 the respective vehicles, is perhaps 

 merely an aspect of the transition 

 phase. 



19. Most of the country receiving 

 stations used solely for assembly and 

 reshipment to markets can be elimi- 

 nated by a system of direct transfer 

 from local assembly trucks to over- 

 the-road trailer tank trucks or to rail 

 tank cars, whichever is the more 

 economical. For this transfer, a rel- 

 atively simple type of facility will be 



20. Under bulk assembly, with 

 purchase of milk by the dealer 

 shifted from his plant to the farm, 

 and with commingling of milk from 

 the various farms on a route, dealers 

 will eventually asume a greater re- 

 sponsibility in connection with assem- 

 bly than they have borne when all 

 milk was picked up in cans. Tank 

 truckers — even if they come to be 

 under substantial control by dealers 

 — will have a more responsible role 

 than that of can truckers. With the 

 point of sale pushed back to the 

 farm, the situation no longer exists 

 in which the milk leaves the farm 

 and is subjected to some possibility 

 of spoilage on the way to the plant, 

 while still owned by the farmer. 

 Under bulk assembly, producers re- 

 tain control over the quantity and 

 quality of their milk up to the point 

 of sale. The many problems of tran- 

 sition to bulk assembly of milk re- 

 quire concerted action by dealers, 

 truckers, and producers for a satis- 

 factory solution. 



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