MARKET MILK BUSINESS OF DETROIT, MICH., IN 1915. 



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In most cases the cost of trucking was less than the cost of trans- 

 portation by steam railroad and the same as by electric road. It 

 should be explained that electric lines did not serve those stations 

 where costs of trucking were higher than the rates for equal dis- 

 tances on the electric railways. 



When the milk was shipped by either steam or electric roads, an 

 additional cost of about 1^ cents for each 10-gallon can was usually 

 incurred in trucking the milk from the city terminal milk platform 

 to the city milk plant. 



COST OF MILK DELIVERED TO THE CITY. 



Figure 2 and Table III show the average prices paid by small, 

 medium, and large dealers for milk f. o. b. Detroit. As shown in 

 Table IV, the smaller dealers did not receive their supplies through 

 country milk stations. To show the total cost of milk f . o. b. Detroit 

 when received through country stations, and the relation of the costs 

 of collecting and handling at these stations, the records of certain 

 typical stations were obtained from a few dealers and are presented 

 in Table XI. 



Table XI. — Relation of daily handling and transportation expenses at country 

 plants to prices paid farmers and total cost of milk f. o. b. Detroit during 

 June, 1915. 





Paid farmers. 



Costs of collecting and 

 handling at country 

 station. 



Expenses of 



transporting to 



Detroit. 



Total cost of milk f. o. b. 

 Detroit. 



Station number. 



Amount 

 per day. 



Net 



price 



per 



gallon. 



Amount 

 per day. 



In per 

 cent of 

 amount 

 paid 

 farm- 

 ers. 



Cost 



per 



gallon. 



Amount 

 per day. 



Cost 

 per 



gallon. 



Amount 

 per day. 



In per 

 cent of 

 amount 

 paid 

 farm- 

 ers. 



Total 



cost 



per 



gallon. 



1 



§7.00 



12.00 



17.00 



22.00 



30.00 



44.00 



44.00 



54.00 



99.00 



85.00 



108. 00 



83.00 



98.00 



267. 00 



141.00 



284.00 



SO. 092 

 .098 

 .099 

 .098 

 .095 

 .116 

 .100 

 .117 

 .128 

 .102 

 .108 

 .115 

 .148 

 .141 

 .114 

 .107 



SI. 07 

 1.06 

 1.10 

 1.62 

 2.19 

 2.34 

 1.24 

 3.06 

 9.56 

 8.09 

 3.70 

 17.54 

 14.48 

 10.13 

 4.81 

 8.18 



1.5 



8.8 

 6.4 

 7.3 

 7.3 

 5.3 

 2.8 

 5.6 

 9.6 

 9.5 

 3.4 

 21.1 

 14.7 

 3.7 

 3.4 

 2.8 



SO. 013 

 .008 

 .006 

 .007 

 .006 

 .006 

 .002 

 .006 

 .012 

 .009 

 .003 

 .011 

 .009 

 .005 

 .001 

 .003 



SI. 13 



1.83 



4.73 



3.37 



2.57 



5.70 



6.70 



6.97 



11.67 



23.57 



27.23 



17.47 



16.23 



51.47 



33.67 



71.83 



SO. 014 

 .014 

 .027 

 .014 

 .008 

 .014 

 .014 

 .014 

 .014 

 .027 

 .026 

 .011 

 .010 

 .026 

 .013 

 .026 



S9.20 



14.89 



22.83 



26.99 



34.76 



52.04 



51.94 



64.03 



120. 23 



116.66 



138.93 



118. 01 



328.71 



328. 60 



179. 48 



364. 01 



131.3 

 124.0 

 134.2 

 122.6 

 115.8 

 118.2 

 118.0 

 118.5 

 121.4 

 137.2 

 128.6 

 142.1 

 131.3 

 123.0 

 127.2 

 128.1 



SO. 119 



2 



.120 



3 



.132 



4 



.119 





.109 



6 



.136 



7 



.116 



8 



.137 



9 



.154 



10 



.138 



11 



.137 



12 



.137 



13 



.167 



14 



.172 



15.. 



.128 



16 



.136 



Average... 



87.00 



.ii3 



5.63 



7.0 



.006 



17.88 



.017 



110. 70 



126.3 



.134 



The "net prices" paid farmers at different stations during the 

 month of June, 1915, varied from 9.2 cents to 14.8 cents a gallon. 

 These prices are not the same as those quoted in the schedule of prices 

 for milk delivered f. o. b. Detroit, but are what the farmers actually 

 received at the particular stations after transportation costs had been 



