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delivery .wagons. This included automobiles. If the same proportion of 

 automobiles now used, which is 7, should be used under a centralized sys- 

 tem, there would be about 38 needed under such system. 



This would mean 101 vehicles drawn by horses and 38 by motor 

 power. 



Under these circumstances, it is estimated that not more than 140 

 horses would be required to supply horse power for the one-horse and 

 two-horse vehicles used under a centralized system. 



Assuming that the cost of horse feed per year for these horses would 

 be the same as the present cost, which is $261.89, the total yearly cost 

 for feeding 140 horses would be $36,664.60. This would result in an 

 annual saving of $23,046.40, on the item of horse feed. These figures 

 are presented in Table No. 75. 



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TABLE NO. 75 

 HORSE FEED AND BEDDING 



*( Assuming 140 horses.) 



LOSS ON BOTTLES 



One of the most important items of expense and one which has re- 

 ceived more popular attention perhaps than any other item in the milk 

 business is the loss on bottles. It is commonly believed by the average 

 citizen that the loss on milk bottles ranges somewhere between two and 

 five cents per quart. The actual cost of milk bottles at the present time 

 is $8.00 per gross for quarts and $6.75 per gross for pints. This means a 

 cost per quart of .0555 per quart bottle, or a little more than Sy 2 cents. 



It is undoubtedly true that many bottles are broken and lost, and 

 unnecessarily so, and that a considerable saving in expense would result 



