AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 13 



The details of this study are now being published as Experiment Sta- 

 tion Bulletin 347, Marketing New" Hampshire Mcintosh Apples. 



L. A. Dougherty, A. F. Yeager 



The Supply and Distribution of New Hampshire Milk 



In order to further a contribution to the war effort, current activities 

 on this project have focused around conservation of the dairy industry's 

 trucking facilities. With the exception of small areas in southeastern New 

 Hampshire, truck routes and producer locations have been mapped. 



The significance of a possible elimination of waste already has been 

 prov^en in the Colebrook area as set forth in Experiment Station Circular 

 No. 65. "The Colebrook Plan" was developed by a local committee 

 which was set up at a conference called by the Public Service Commission. 

 Final approval and effective administration of this plan by the Office of 

 Defense Transportation indicates the possibilities of local planning to 

 eliminate waste. In this area 330 truck miles and 50 man hours are saved 

 daily. It is estimated that approximately 40 per cent of the truck mileage 

 can be eliminated in most collection areas. 



H. C. WooDwoRTH, J. C. Holmes, D. Hoskex 



Egg Transportation 



How eggs reach market, and the possible adjustments in line with 

 necessities of war, are two objectives of this egg transportation study now 

 in progress. 



Six carriers with 52 routes truck the bulk of New Hampshire eggs 

 which pass through jobbing or wholesale channels. Three of the carriers 

 operating 29 routes average from 65 to 140 miles per route, pick up from 

 1.1 to 2.2 cases per mile, and make from 15 to 34 stops per 100 miles. 

 Hatching eggs constitute a significant proportion - 40 to 60 per cent - of 

 all eggs handled. Hatching and market eggs are not usually picked up on 

 the same trucks. Greatest possibilities for savings appear to be: 



(a) Eliminate routes on which there is a small poultry population 



(b) Have reciprocal arrangements for pick-ups in sections where 

 flocks are scattered. 



(c) Handle both hatching eggs and market eggs on the same truck 

 when feasible 



(d) Have small producers who are less accessible leave eggs at farms 

 on main routes or at designated points which will facilitate 

 pick-ups 



L. A. Dougherty 



Economies in Purchases Made by Farmers 



Although war conditions reduce the opportunities for savings in 

 making purchases, there should be no relaxation in efforts to realize legiti- 

 mate savings. Even greater attention needs to be given to quality, and 

 there is an ever-widening variation in values due to substitutions, and to 

 difference in prices of prewar and war goods, 



