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BULLETIN 630, U. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XVII. — Comparative investments and costs per gallon of handling and 



distributing milk ly 28 dealers grouped according to quantities handled. 



Dealsrs grouped 













05 



? 





according to 

















number of gal- 



For handling 





For delivers. For administration. 





I 



m 





lons handled 

 dailv. 













I 















ti 



C 



3 



> 



-r 



1 



1 



= 



1 

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gr 5 



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i 



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m 



1 



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£— s 



65 



3. 



fl 1 "" 



i £ -i 





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03 



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Gam 





Ctx. 



CtJt. 



ct*. 





Cte. 



CtsJCts. 



Cts. 



a?. 



Cte. 



CUs. 



Cto. 



Cte. 



Cfe. 



C&s. 



150 

 151 to 500. 





$23.72.5 

 13. 870 



L2 



1 7 



3 20 



$9. 117 

 8.348 



48 



1 08 



1 Sfl 







10 



5 





II. 10 





11.72 



315 



.6 



1.3 



1.8 



.38 



.91 



2.94 



0.4-& 



0.02 



.09 



.73 







.08 







8.85 



501 to 

 1.000.... 



640 



21.535 



1.0 



1.0 



1.7 



6.404 



.39 



.85 



3.50 



.165 



.007 



.10 



1.30 







.04 







9.90 



1.001 to 

 1,500.... 



1,365 



32.485 



1.2 



1.8 



1.2 



10.039 



.54 



1.01 



3.46 



.516 



.02 



.02 



.90 







.04 



.01 



10.20 



1,501 to 

 2.000.... 



1,800 



8.395 



.4 



.9 



1.1 



9.160 



.61 



.83 



2.54 



.183 



.01 



.10 



.70 







.05 



.03 



7.30 



2.001 to 

 3,000.... 



2,119 



45.625 



1.0 



.6 



2.2 



18.980 



.43 



.92 



3.69 



.730 



.04 



.40 



.70 



.30 



.20 



.06 10.50 



More than 

 3,000.... 



9,706 



27.375 



.2 



.7 



1.7 



17.520 



. 21 1. 29 4. 01 6. 570 



.29 



.25 



.43 



.05 



.20 



1 9.30 



Average 



























of all 

 groups.. 



2,292 

 I 



24.715 .8 



1.142 



1.842 



11. 3666 

 1 



.43 .98 3.361.236 



1 1 1 



.0645 



.151 



. 7.51 



.175 



. 091 



. 003 9. 819 



iSee note below Table XIII, page 18. „«_••,* * m „ wl , 



2 Supplies for delivery include charges for horse feed and shoeing, lanterns, automobile 

 supplies, milk carriers, etc. 



3 Investment for administration include office furniture and appliances. 



* Supplies for administration include office supplies, such as route books, accounting 

 forms and books, tickets, stationery, electric lights, etc. . . «?,„„ 



6 Salaries for administration include salaries of office clerks and administrative oincers. 

 In some plants onlv a part of a man's salary was charged to the item, as some of the time 

 was charged directly to labor for either handling or delivery. 



Table XVII and figure 10 show that on the average the cost of 

 handling milk is less in the larger-sized plants than in the smaller 

 ones. The groups handling daily from 1,001 to 1,500 gallons and 



COST 0= M4MDL/A/G y4HO D/S77?/&yT/0/V 

 CFAfrS PEf? (24U-OSS. 



Q O C) O <ft O 



is 



IS 



/5/-SOO § B. 



50/-/000 £• $ 



/OQ/-/500 § g 



/50/-2000 £ b 



n 



200/-3000 fs ^ 

 CHS&?. 3000 ~S. 



Fig. 10. — Cost of handling and distributing a gallon of milk. 



