Table 15. Number of Plants by Size Croup 

 With Type of Assembly and Delivery Equipment 



1. Panel trucks or station wagons. 



2. 6 of the 18 use the same equipment for both assembly and delivery. 



3. 1 of the 12 hires all the assembly work. 



4. 1 of the 12 uses the same equipment for both assembly and delivery. 



5. 2 of the 12 hire all the delivery work. 



6. 9 of the 12 hire all the delivery work. 



Table 16. Average Number of Trucks and Trailers per Plant^ 



1. Where no trucks are hired, averages include only those plants having that 

 type of equipment. 



2. These pickups are probably used for both assembly and distribution. 



The vans and trailers used for delivery purposes were all insulated and/or 

 refrigerated. Some of the medium-sized and most of the small plants made 

 local deliveries in uninsulated trucks of various descriptions. 



In addition to the rolling stock previously described, dump trucks were 

 in evidence at many of the large and medium plants. These trucks were 

 used to haul feathers, manure, and offal to the dump. At some plants these 

 trucks were owned by farmers who are glad to get the feathers and manure 

 for their land and the offal for their pigs. 



Processing Plant Equipment 



Technological changes in the equipment used by processing plants for 

 both dressing and eviscerating have been many and rapid. Basically, these 

 changes involved the development of volume methods in processing and 



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