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



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from 2,001 to 3,000 gallons do not conform strictly to the general 

 tendency, because the plants in these groups had large investments 

 in buildings and equipment, and were not operated at full capacity 

 in all cases. The delivery costs per gallon do not vary in accord- 

 ance with the size of the business; the reasons are indicated in 

 Table XVI and figure 9. 



Figure 11 shows graphically the differences in per gallon in- 

 vestments by dealers, 

 grouped according to 

 number of gallons 

 handled daily. The ex- 

 tremely disproportion- 

 ate investments for 

 both handling and de- 

 livering are explained 

 in the discussion fol- 

 lowing Tables XIII 

 and XVI. The general 

 tendency, however, was 

 for the handling in- 

 vestment to increase 

 with the size of the 

 plant to the point of a 

 plant handling as high 

 as 2,001 to 3,000 gal- 

 lons. The group han- 

 dling 1,501 to 2,000 gal- 

 lons has a dispropor- 

 tionately low invest- 

 ment because in that 

 group the dealers had 

 equipped some old 

 wooden buildings for 

 temporary use until 

 thoroughly modern 

 plants could be con- 

 structed and satisfac- 

 torily equipped. Plants 

 handling less than 150 gallons present another exception to the gen- 

 eral tendency which in part can be explained by the fact that they 

 were not operated at full capacity. The figures would also indicate 

 that unless a dealer can handle at least 150 gallons his plant invest- 

 ment charge will be high. It will be noted that in general the larger 

 dealers had greater investments in delivery equipment than the 

 smaller ones. That is in part explained by the fact that many of 



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11. — Average investments per gallon for handling 

 and distributing milk. 



