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MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 173. 



Table XIV. 



Investment. 



Depreciation. 



Maintenance. 



Buildings, 

 Equipment, 

 Horses, 

 Totals, 



$1,280 

 597 

 600 



S38 40 

 62 50 

 65 00 



S70 50 



258 37 



82,477 



$165 90 



8328 87 



Circulating capital: — 



Ice $100 00 



Interest, . 123 85 



Shrinkage, 86 68 



Other 91 20 



Total 



Labor 



Total costs, . 



Milk handled: — 



Daily (quarts), . 



Yearly (quarts). 

 Cost per quart (cents), 

 Cost per mile (cents), . 

 Mileage' — 



Collection, 



Delivery, . 

 Customers, . 

 Quarts per customer, 

 Miles per customer. 

 Quarts per mile, . 

 Quarts per horse, . 



. $401 73 

 . $803 00 

 $1,699.50 



6000 

 219,000 



.78 

 24.00 



4 

 15 

 12 

 50 



1.58 



31.60 



300 



Motor Truck Delivery. 



The actual cost figures of motor truck milk delivery are of interest in 

 view of the increasing prevalence of these vehicles. Notice that the per 

 mile cost for horse delivery as given above is 24 cents based on about 7,000 

 miles traveled yearly. The costs below are based on 10,000 miles annually. 

 Under ordinary conditions the truck equipment would deliver the milk 

 on the above route in four hours, one-half the time taken by horses. 



The operating cost of a motor truck suitable for distribution of whole- 

 sale milk or of "special milk," where the haul is long or loads are heavy, 

 is given below. These figures apply to a White motor truck, three-quarters 

 to 1 ton, in actual operation (1915) by a producing distributor of milk. 



Per Mile. 



Gasoline, $0.0100 



Oil, 0016 



Grease, waste, etc., .......... .0010 



Running expenses, ........... 0050 



Tires, total cost per set, $175; guaranteed mileage, 5,000, . . . .0350 



Overhauling and painting after 20,000 miles, approximately $350, . . 0175 



Interest 5 per cent, depreciation 20 per cent, on an investment of $2,250 



=$562.50 on approximate yearly mileage of 10,000, ..... 0562 

 Insurance (fire 11 per cent., collision 2g per cent.) on $2,250 = $96.18 on 



mileage of 10,000, 0096 



Driver, $850 per year, over mileage of 10,000, ...... 0850 



Total cost per mile $0.2209 



