The Transportation of 

 New Hampshire Milk 



I. Analysis of Trucking Charges^ 



By Alan MacLeod aud Mary L. Geraghty 



The preceding study of this series, "The Milksheds of New Hamp- 

 shire, ' ' outlined the areas furnishing milk to various markets and sum- 

 marized data regarding them. The question which then presents itself 

 is how the milk moves from these areas of supply to the markets where 

 it is consumed. 



This question is a large one and only a part of it can be answered here. 

 This study is limited, therefore, to a consideration of the trucking of 

 milk from the farm to the country station or city plant. Particular 

 emphasis is laid upon the charges levied upon the milk as these are 

 commonly deducted directly from the farmer's check. A forthcoming 

 publication will discuss possible reorganization and rearrangement of 

 truck routes. 



The Problem 



High costs of distribution adversely affect returns to fluid milk pro- 

 ducers. Many of the costs of milk collection and distribution lie out- 

 side the influence of the producer and he has difficulty in doing any- 

 thing about them. But the hauling of milk from farm to country sta- 

 tion or city plant is an operation upon which the producer can exert an 

 influence. 



Within recent years, studies have been made of milk transportation in 

 several sections of the United States. ^ In general these studies have 



^ This is a New Hampshire publication in the New England-wide milk 

 marketing study, which is sponsored by the New England Research Council. 

 We wish to express our appreciation to the truck operators, plant officials and 

 farmers who supplied information for this study. 



- Among such studies are the following: 



Bartlett, R. W., and Caskey, W. F.; Milk Transportation Problems in 

 the St. Louis Milkshed; Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station Bulle- 

 tin 430, 1937. 



Dow, Geo. F.; An Economic Study of the Collection of Milk and Cream in 

 Maine; Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 373, 1934. 



Dow, Geo. F.; Costs and Returns in Operating Milk and Cream Collection 

 Routes in Maine; Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 374, 

 1934. 



Hammerberg, D. O., and Sullivan, W. G. ; An Economic Analysis of the 

 Charges for Transporting Milk to Connecticut Markets; Connecticut 

 Agi'icultural Experiment Station Mimeograph, 1937. 



Mortenson, W. P.; An Economic Study of the Milwaukee Milk Market; 

 Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station Research Bulletin 113, 1932. 



Scanlan, John J.; Transportation of Milk in the Philadelphia Milkshed; 

 Farm Credit Administration Bulletin 13, 1937. 



Spencer, Leland; An Economic Study of the Collection of Milk at Country 

 Plants in New York; Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion Bulletin 486, 1929. 



Tinley, J. M., and Blank, Martin H.; An Analysis of the East Bay Milk 

 Market; California Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 534, 1932. 



