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more costly. Furthermore, capacity of the more expensive equipment is 

 only partly used. 



Some of the men selling over 100 quarts daily remarked that they could 

 increase their daily volume without purchasing new equipment other than 

 bottles. It is because of these conditions that overhead costs for equipment 

 do not show a definite decline as volume of sales increases. Before a farmer 

 enlarges his milkroom or purchases new equipment he could well afford to 

 discuss the situation with his neighbors. It might be possible to combine the 

 output of several so that the costs would be mutually reduced. 



Table 5 

 Quality of milk delivered as shown by bacteria per cc, per cent fat, per cent total 



solids, and sediment 



a. One below state standard. 



b. Five below state standard. 



c. Three below state standard. 



