per mile of travel is, in consequence, quite low. Therefore any adoption of 

 truck tanks with lower assembly costs will discriminate against small pro- 

 ducers and dealers. 



As such competition appears inevitable it would be wise for dealers and 

 producers who are able to utilize tank capacity to examine the potential costs 

 and economies of such a change-over. No increase in herd size should be 

 planned until markets for the milk are found. Necessary adjustments of size 

 and capital investments ejcpressed in dollars per pound of milk produced, as 

 shown in this bulletin, offer some measure of the investment cost which must 

 be carried by producers and dealers alike. 



A large number of small producers in New Hampshire will delay the in- 

 troduction of farm-tank assembly so that a 100 percent conversion cannot be 

 expected in the near future. Its adoption is symptomatic of the economies of 

 scale, however, and strengthens the pressure for more efficient milk pro- 

 duction and marketing from larger operating units at lower costs. 



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