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Insects common in 1917 — Concluded. 



Red spider, greenhouse, ....... 



Rose chafer, ......... 



Two-lined prominent moth, larvae of, .... 



Inspection of imported nursery stock, ..... 



Ivory meal, vegetable, digestion coefficients, .... 



Lawn grass, disease of, ....... . 



Legumes, cultures for, ........ 



Light, response of plants to, ....... 



Lime and soil acidity, relations between, ..... 



Mailing lists, ......... 



Mangels, digestion coefficients, ...... 



Market-garden crops, chemical fertilizers and manure for (Field C), 

 Yields per acre, 1917, ....... 



Market-garden field station, experimental work started. 



Market milk investigation, ....... 



Marketing investigations, cost of milk distribution. 



Tobacco, ......... 



Milk, cost of distributing in six cities and towns in Massachusetts, 

 Cost of collection and distribution of wholesale milk in cans. 



Motor truck delivery. 

 Cost of delivery of special milk, 

 Cost of distribution of cream. 

 Costs, analysis of, . 



Capital, working, .... 



Depreciation, .... 



Buildings, .... 



Equipment, .... 



Harness, ..... 



Horses, ..... 



Wagons and sleighs, . 

 Investment, .... 



Labor, ..... 



Maintenance, .... 



Costs by localities, .... 



Amherst v. Walpole, 

 Haverhill v. Pittsfield, . 

 Springfield v. Worcester, 

 Costs classified by size and kind of business. 

 Costs, difficulty of obtaining data, 



percentage analysis in relation to size of business. 

 Cream, cost of distributing. 

 Disadvantages of competitive distribution, 

 Bad debts, ..... 



Duplication in routes, . 



Long hauls uneconomical, 



Long-distance shipments, 



Loss of bottles, .... 



Overcapitalization, 



Shrinkage, ..... 



Small deliveries per horse. 

 Surplus and spoilage. 

 Distribution by producer and by dealer compared. 

 Individual variations in cost of distributing. 

 Investigation, scope of, . 



Investment and size of business, relation between. 

 Processing and delivery costs, .... 



Summary, ....... 



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