Table 3. Labor Produclivijjes and Crew Sizes for 11 Produ>_tion and Two 

 Service Operalions Adopted for Eight Hatcheries. 



* Crew size for each operation in parentheses. 

 ** Standard tray holds 156 26-ounce-per-dozen eggs. 

 t Chick box holds 100 chicks. 



Table 4 suiiiiiiarizes the labor inputs for the two groups with opera- 

 tions at 100 percent of capacity. For the hatching process, the variable 

 input increases from 50.7 nian-hoitrs a week for hatchery A with an out- 

 put of 25,000 chicks to 588.3 man-hours a week for hatchery H, with an 

 output of 417,500 chicks. The man-hours a week for svirveillance de- 

 creases from 121.9 for hatchery A to zero for hatcheries G and H. The 

 addition of the debeaking operation to the hatching process increases 

 the variable input to 75.2 man-hours for hatchery A and 775.4 man-hours 

 a week for hatchery H, This operation extends the length of the work 

 day for variable labor operations in hatcheries A through F which re- 



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