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men who haul for pay have full loads so that they can haul 

 it at a low cost and yet make wages for themselves. 

 In determining the cost when the farmer hauls the milk, 

 his time was counted at 15 cents per hour, a boy's time 

 at 8 cents, a team's at 15 cents or 8 cents for one horse. 

 These prices are very low. It will be seen that the cost 

 of hauling milk one mile is almost as much as the cost 

 of hiring it hauled 8 miles. The time taken to get ready 

 and to hitch up, as well as the size of the load, make the 

 cost very high. 



TABLE 12. COST OF HAULING MILK FROM THE FARM TO THE 

 CREAMERY, 148 FARMS, DELAWARE COUNTY, NEW YORK l 



1 Thesis by E. H. Thompson, Department of Farm Management, 

 Cornell Univemty. 



These dairies had good-sized herds, averaging 28 cows. 

 With smaller herds it is evident that the cost of hauling 

 is very hig'i when the farmer hauls his own milk only. 

 The profit from milk production is not high enough to 

 stand very high cost for hauling. 



From 21 farms the milk was hauled by the farmer to a 



