TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 3 



I. INTRODUCTION 6 



II. OBJECTIVES AND SOURCES OF DATA 7 



III. ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN STRAIGHT-RUN HATCHING OF BROILER 



CHICKS 8 



Procedure 8 



Hatchery Capacities and Operating Schedules 8 



Hatchery Labor 9 



Labor Cost 14 



Investment and Costs for Building and Ecjuipment 15 



Management Recjuirements and Costs 21 



Cost of Supplies 22 



Miscellaneous Costs 24 



Summary of Costs 25 



Effect of Short-run Changes in Output on Costs 27 



Economies of Scale 27 



IV. CHICK DISTRIBUTION AND COSTS 27 



Procedure 27 



Labor Productivity for Placing Chicks 31 



Chick Distribution Vehicles 33 



Cost of Distribution Inputs 33 



The Distribution Model, Resources, and Costs 37 



V. COMBINED COSTS FOR POULTRY MARKETING SYSTEM 44 



Appendix A 48 



Appendix B 52 



Appendix C 53 



