Table 13. Cost of Supplies Per Week and Cost Per Chick 

 for Eight Model Hatcheries Operating at 100 Percent of Capacity. 



* Chick boxes 32.5 cents each for hatcheries A-G, 31.5 cents for hatchery H. 



** Box pads $12.00 per thousand. 



t Feeder trays $70.00 per thousand for models A-F, $67.00 per thousand for models 

 G and H. 



+ Miscellaneous supplies include fumigants, housekeeping, and administrative sup- 

 plies, etc. 



Combined costs for hatchery supplies and vaccine range from 0.547 

 cents a chick for hatchery A to 0.534 cents a chick for hatchery H. Costs 

 decrease slightly in excess of two percent over the range of hatchery 

 sizes. 



Miscellaneous Costs 



Miscellaneous cost items include electricity, fuel and telephone ser- 

 vice. Electricity and fuel costs are developed from physical data obtain- 

 ed from observed hatcheries. Representative rates are applied to the 

 data to derive costs. Telephone cost estimates are based on information 

 given by the observed hatcheries. 



The cost of electricity decreases with increased use, mainly because 

 of declining rates. Economies exist in the purchasing of fuel oil, and con- 

 sequently, larger hatcheries have a lower unit cost for this input. 



Table 14 shows the weekly costs and costs per chick for these items 

 with operations at 100 percent of capacity. The cost per chick decreases 



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