TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1 



CONTENTS 2 



SUMMARY 3 



I. INTRODUCTION 5 



Assumptions and Conditions 6 



II. TECHNICAL COEFFICIENTS IN BROILER ASSEMBLY 8 



Location of Broiler Growing Units 8 



Truck Productivity in Live Bird Transportation 11 



Labor Productivity in Loading Live Birds 12 



Truck Unloading Time at the Plant 13 



Shrinkage of Live Birds in Assembly 13 



III. RESOURCES REQUIRED IN BROILER ASSEMBLY 14 



The Assembly Model 14 



Substitution Among Resources 17 



Example of the Use of the Assembly Model 18 



IV. COSTS OF BROILER ASSEMBLY 24 



Labor and Management Costs 25 



Cost of Weight Loss 26 



Crate Costs 26 



Automobile and Truck Costs 27 



Total Costs of Assembly 28 



V. CONCLUSIONS AND APPLICATION OF RESULTS 33 



Combined Costs of Assembly and Processing 33 



Entrepreneurial Costs 34 



Planning 36 



APPENDICES 



A. Location of Impound Points and Relationship of Radial Distance to 

 Road Distance 38 



B. Travel Time 45 



C. Effect of Density on Daily Truck Trips 47 



I). Lalior Productivity in Loading Live Birds 52 



E. Truck Ownership and Operating Costs 55 



F. Tables 61 



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