PRODUCING MARKET MILK IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA. 21 

 Table 11. — Average labor rates per hour. 



Class of labor. 



1915 



-16. 



1916-17. 



AVinter. 



Summer. 



Winter. 



Summer. 





$0,153 

 .129 

 .128 

 .088 

 .100 



$0,149 

 .118 

 .122 

 .081 

 .100 



$0. 160 

 .137 

 .157 

 .100 

 .100 



SO. 164 





.140 





.152 





.090 





.100 







i The rate per hour for the labor performed by the managers is a little higher than that for hired men 

 because as a rule the managers would have commanded a considerably higher monthly wage as hired men 

 than the men they hired. No charge for management , however, is included in this rate. 



DISTRIBUTION OF LABOR. 



The summaries in Table 12 show that 80 and 76 per cent of the 

 total labor for the winter and summer, respectively, was required to 



Fig. 7.— Meeting an early train 365 mornings in the year was an important item of labor. 



do work in the barn, such as feeding, cleaning, and milking; also, 

 that the main difference in the amount of labor performed for 100 

 pounds of milk in the summer and winter was due to a difference in 

 the production labor for the two seasons. 



Table 12. — Human labor used in producing, handling, and hauling 100 pounds of milk 



to the shipping platform. 



Kind of work 



Winter. 



Two 



Summer. 



Two 



1015-16. 



1916-17. 



winters. 



1915-16. 



1016-17. 



summers. 



Production 



Handling 



Hauling 



Hours. 

 2.12 

 .31 

 .21 



Per 

 cent. 

 80.2 

 11.8 

 8.0 



Hours. 

 1.98 

 .30 

 .19 



Per 

 cent. 

 79.9 

 12.3 

 7.8 



Hours. 



2.04 



.31 



.20 



2.55 



Per 

 cent. 

 80.0 

 12.1 



7.9 



Hours. 

 1.65 

 .33 

 .20 



Per 

 cent. 

 75.8 

 15.2 

 9.0 



Hours. 

 1.69 

 .32 



.18 



Per 

 cent. 

 77.1 

 14.6 

 8.3 



Hours. 

 1.67 

 .33 

 .19 



Per 

 cent. 

 76.5 

 14.9 

 8.6 



Total 



2.64 



100.0 



2.47 



100.0 



100.0 



2.18 



100.0 



2.19 



100.0 



2.19 



100.0 



