Assembly Operations 



The egg marketing firms surveyed were questioned concerning their 

 egg assembly operations. Information received is presented in Table 12. 



Table 12. Egg Assembly Data, by State, 1965. 



From these data it may be seen that most firms conducted their assem- 

 bly operations with a small number of trucks. However, individual 

 firms, depending on the size of the operation, might use considerably 

 more. For example, one firm had twelve trucks involved in the egg 

 assembly operation. Many firms used the same equipment for both 

 pickup and delivery, sometimes on the same routes. About one-third 

 of the total number of trucks reported in the survey were refrigerated 

 and two-thirds had insulated bodies. 



The average size of farm pickup varied widely both within states 

 and between states. The largest average farm pickups were found in 

 Maine and the smallest in Vermont. The largest individual farm pickup 

 reported in the survey was 150 cases and the smallest was 2 cases. 



Average route distances, round trip, also varied widely within states 

 and between states. The longest average route distances were found in 

 Maine (105 miles) and the shortest in Vermont (27 miles). Route dis- 

 tances ranged from a low of 5 miles to a high of 400 miles. 



On the average the largest number of pickup routes were found in 

 New Hampshire and the smallest number in Maine. Again this varied 

 with the size of individual firms. The range in number of routes was 

 from one to twenty-four. Many firms ran the same routes two or three 

 times each week. 



The number of farms per route ranged from only one to as many 

 as sixty. The average number of farm pickups per route was greatest in 

 Connecticut with 22.5 and the smallest average number was found in 

 Vermont with 4.75. 



Delivery Area 



The average delivery route distance, round trip, in Maine was 113 

 miles while Vermont firms reported an average distance of 27 miles. 

 New Hampshire firms reported 60 miles for the average route distance 

 and Connecticut firms reported 36 miles. 



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