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N. H. Agri. Experiment Station [Station Bull. 307 



NUMBER. OF TEUClcCS 

 25 50 75 



lOo 



TYPE OF TRUCK. 



STAKE 



1N5ULATED 



PICK-UP 



UNCLASSIFIED 



CAPAClTYOFTBUCkl 

 'A TON 



1 TON 

 iVzTON 



2 TON 

 UNCLASSIFIED 



74 



18 

 17 

 IZ 



YEA2.0F MANUFACTUPE 



EA^LIE1^THAN'32| 



1933 

 I9SA 

 1935 

 1936 

 1937 

 UNCLASSIFIED 



Figure 5. Equipment used for trucking milk. 



"With a very few exceptions, only one man goes on the truck. 



Ice is furnished on some 27 routes out of the 152, and usually only 

 during the sunmier months. Ordinarily no extra charge is made for 

 this service, although llie furnisiiing of ice may have been taken into 

 account when setting rates. It is used mo.stly on the longer routes in 

 the central and southern parts of the state. 



Comparison of Physical Characteristics of Routes Classi- 

 fied Accordinj^ to Rejiion and Operator 



Individual routes vary .so much that many of the suiniiiaiy figures 

 presented in the preceding section (especially lliose in Table 11) must 

 be used with care. In this section an attempt is made to secure more 

 typical figures by classifying routes into certain sigiiiticant groups and 

 presenting averages for these groups. 



Two bases of classification have been u.sed to bring out significant 

 difi'erences. The truck routes wei-e first classified according to tlie part 

 of the state in wliicli they were located and Iben furllier classified into 



