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$50.00 per ton, the cost of producing milk in 

 good, fair and poor cows is as follows: 



THE PRODUCT 



FARM PRODUCE is THE RAW MATERIAL, Cows ARE THE MACHINES, 

 MILK is THE FINISHED PRODUCT 



Collective Hauling 



At eleven milk shipping stations in New York 

 State, 453 farmers' wagons are used to haul 1181 

 4O-quart cans of milk an average distance of 

 3 miles. Allowing only one horse and one man 

 for each wagon and two hours as average time away 

 from farm work the cost is per day as follows: 



453 men, 2 hrs. at 30 c. per hr. . . $ 271.80 

 453 horses 2 hrs. at 20 c. per hr. . . 181.20 



Total cost per day i 453-OO 



Total cost per year $165,458.25 



