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Table 8 

 Comparison of delivery costs according to volume sold daily* 



Quarts sold daily 



, ^ ^ Total and 



Less than 50 50 to 99 100 to 149 150 to 199 Over 200 average 



Number producers 14 31 3 3 3 54 



Quarts sold yearly by 



each class 143,096 851,058 136,979 192,188 303,609 1,626,930 



Miles traveled yearly by 



each class 27,557 127,776 10,840 20,075 31,390 217,638 



Average miles traveled 



per 100 quarts sold.. 19.3 15.0 7.9 10.4 10.3 13.4 



Truck delivery costs per 



100 quarts at 6c a 



milet $1.16 $.90 $.47 $.63 $.62 $.80 



* Of those selling less than 50 quarts daily, three walked from house to house and in one 

 instance the customers called for the milk. In the group selling from 50 to 100 

 quarts, one walked when delivering. 



t The labor required to deliver milk is not included in the charge of 6 cents per mile for 

 operating truck. 



the other groups. It should be possible for several small producers to attain 



the same results if they combine their output. The greatest saving can be 



made in delivering milk, as about 61 per cent of their time is used in this 



way. 



Returns for Labor: 



So far this discussion has not considered any charge for the labor re- 

 quired to bottle, to deliver, to wash equipment, or to perform other tasks 

 necessary in retailing milk. Yet it is this greater labor return from retailing 

 which causes so many producers to take up distributing. 



In this study the returns for labor are based on the difference between 

 the net price received from retailing and the possible net wholesale price at 

 the farm. The net retail price is the amount the farmer receives after cur- 

 rent and delivery expenses have been deducted. The net wholesale price at 

 the farm is the yearly average N.E.M.P.A. price after deducting association 

 charges and freight and trucking expense.* 



Table 9 



Labor distribution according to daily sales of 54 producer-distributors 



Based on 100 quarts of milk 



* The average New England Milk Producers Association (N.E.M.P.A.) price during the 

 12-month period ending April 1, 1932, for Class I milk to shippers in this zone, based on 3.7 

 per cent butterfat. was $2,021 per hundredweight after association charges were deducted. The 

 cost of trucking the milk from the farm to railroad station in Laconia was estimated at 20 cents 

 per hundredweight. 



