MILK CARTAGE 



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on another level, 10 or 15 cents higher or lower. That producers will pay a higher 

 rate for cartage is sufficient proof that they are under the impression that despite 

 so doing they will derive a greater net return than that currently received from 

 their present sale arrangements. 



An indication of the cash cost to dairymen of moving milk from farms to plants 

 is shown in Tables 9 and 10. Conversely these data may be interpreted as a 

 measure of gross income to carriers for moving the product from the country 

 to the "city." 



T.\BLE 9.— Producers' C.\sh Cost of Milk C.\rtage 

 Average Daily, May and December, 1935 



Number of Volume Cost 



Producers (Pounds) (Dollars) 



A 

 B 

 C 

 D 



E 



F 



G 



H 



I 



J 



K 



L 



Total 



Average cost per hundredweight 

 Rate with producer-carrier volume 



excluded 



.325 



.326 



.335 



Table 10. 



Average Daily Volume Moved at Prevailing R.ates 

 May and December, 1935 



Volume Cost Number of Number of Volume Cost Number of Number ot 



(Pounds) (Dollars) Producers Dealers (Pounds) (Dollars) Producers Dealers 



♦Several rates applied to the same dealer. 



