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Either one could be used independently, although joint use would be more de- 

 sirable. 



Partial reorganization of existing routes might be the first approach. As a 

 preliminary for establishing new routes, all but a very few of the producers in the 

 section were located on maps according to dealers to whom they sold milk. 

 Routes were determined on the basis of this information, distances traveled were 

 calculated and checked against route reports filed with the Milk Control Board. 

 Mileages checked within 2 or 3 percent and were regarded as sufficiently accurate 

 for comparative purposes. New routes were then set up. 



Figure 1 (page 6) shows the producers indicated according to collection routes 

 which existed on May 1935, while Figure 5 shows producers according to pro- 

 posed routes. No attempt is made to indicate on the small maps the exact routes 

 because the situation would be confused rather than clarified. 



Using data on operations as of January 1935, the original routes were com- 

 pared with the proposed routes. The twelve existing routes were consolidated 

 into four. One route operated by a producer and carrying a relatively large 

 volume of milk was left unchanged. In order to enable a dealer to continue pur- 

 chasing from one groupof producers and at the sametimekeepnon-pick-up mileage 

 at a minimum, a transfer of milk from the west route truck to the east route 

 truck was made at Feeding Hills. 



Following this plan, total route mileage was reduced from 270 to 167. Actual 

 collection mileage was reduced from 142 to 98. Deadheading was cut practically 

 in half, dropping from 128 to 69. Distribution of route-mileage-use is shown in 

 Table 12 for the actual routes and the reorganized ones. Volume per load and 

 number of stops are given in Table 2. 



Table 12. — Distribution of Route Mileage 



*At this point the East and West Routes meet, and the load from the East Route is transferred 

 to the West Route truck. 



