Appendix Table V. Some Derived Performance Rates^ for Very Small 

 Poultry Processing Units Operating for Very Short Periods 



Number of Birds 

 Function Included: per Man-Hour 



Nev^ York Dressing: 



1. Hang, kill, scald, pick, pin. weigh, cool, pack, ice, accumulate, 

 load-out, clean-up, miscellaneous 10- 



2. Hang, kill, scald, pick, pin, weigh, cool, pack, ice 12 



3. Hang, kill, scald, pick, pin, weigh, cool 20 



4. Hang, kill, scald, pick 36'^ 



5. Pick 60 



6. Hang, kill, scald, pick, pin, weigh, cool, pack, ice, accumulate. 



wait on customers, clean-up (some eviscerating) 2.5-6.0 



Eviscerating: 



7. Draw and/or cut-up, weigh, wash, individually pack, freeze, 

 accumulate, load-out, clean-up 6.0 



8. New York dress, draw and/or cut-up, weigh, cool, pack, ice. 

 accumulate, load-out, clean-up 7.5 



9. New York dress, draw and/or cut-up, weigh, cool, pack, ice 8.5 



10. New York dress, draw and/or cut-up, weigh, cool 11.5 



11. Draw and/or cut-up, some cooling 27.0 



1. Not including overall managerial and office functions. Figures shown are for 

 units operating 1-2 hours at a time, and change between the extremes as length of 

 work period and number of people increase. Data from which figures obtained not 

 always precise as to function included. Data cannot be expanded by multiplication by 

 volume. 



2. Miscellaneous duties might include ice crushing, box and liner readying, moving 

 crates, batteries, etc. Clean-up time is likely to remain fairly constant, accumulating 

 and loading to increase at a decreasing rate, miscellaneous tasks to be somewhat pro- 

 portionate to volume. 



3. On a one-picker operation, employee hanging, killing, and operating scalder is 

 likely to have some time for miscellaneous duties. These might involve ice crushing, 

 box and liner readying, moving crates and batteries, etc. With 2 or more people 

 picking, such employee (s) would be occupied full time at tasks listed. 



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