Preface and Acknowledgements 



This bulletin is the second in a new series to be issued by Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Stations in the New England States and in- 

 volves, in most instances, direct cooperation with the Agricultural 

 Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. The series will deal with various 

 aspects of poultry marketing in New England. This publication 

 analyzes the potential economies of scale in chicken processing in 

 plants performing straight-line evisceration under Federal In- 

 spection and the nature and magnitude of changes in non-inspected 

 New York Dressed plants required to achieve this status. 



The authors appreciate the cooperation of the processing plant 

 operators who furnished data on costs and input-output relation- 

 ships and of those manufacturers of equipment and supplies for 

 poultry processing plants who furnished data on specifications, 

 capacities, and costs. They wish especially to acknowledge the 

 assistance and critical appraisal received from W. F. Henry, of 

 the Agricultural Economics Department of the University of New 

 Hampshire; A. A. Brown, of the University of Massachusetts; and 

 from Norris T. Pritchard, Market Organization and Costs Branch, 

 Marketing Research Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. In the development of the model plants, 

 helpful suggestions were made and data were provided by the 

 Poultry Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, and by the Department of Agricultural Engi- 

 nering. University of New Hampshire. Dister L. Deoss rendered 

 material assistance in the collection of data and John Payne aided 

 in its analysis. 



