PRODUCING MARKET ]\riLK IN EASTERN NEBRASKA. 



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Table 6. — Percentage of labor performed and hours per 100 pounds of milk by each class 



of help. 







Winter. 





Summer. 



Class of labor. 



Distribution of work per- 

 formed. 



Labor 

 per 100 

 pounds 

 of milk. 



Labor 



Distribution of work per- \ per 100 



formed. pounds 



of milk. 





1917-18 



1919-20 



Average. 



Average. 



1918 



1920 



Average. 



Average. 



Managers 



Hired men 



Per cent. 

 50.9 

 26.7 



Per cent. 

 59.1 

 26.1 



Per cent. 

 54.3 

 26.4 



Hours. 

 1.07 

 .52 



Per cent. 

 52.3 

 17.9 



Per cent. 

 49.4 

 25.8 



Per cent. Hours. 

 51. 1 0. 98 

 21. 1 . 41 



Total man labor 



Women 



Boys and girls . 



77.6 

 12. 1 

 10.3 



So. 2 80. 7 



14. 1 12. 9 



.7 6.4 



1.59 

 .26 

 .13 



70.2 



14. 



15.6 



75.2 ! 72.2 ■ 1.39 



20. 6 j 16. 8 1 .32 

 4.2 11. 1 21 







Total human labor 



100.0 



100.0 100.0 



1.98 



100.0 



100.0 i 100.0 1.92 



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As is seen in Table 7, work connected with the dairy is divided 

 into three groups — production, handhng, and hauhng to the shipping 

 platform. Production includes feeding, milking, and the general 

 care of the herd. Handling comprises such items as washing the 

 utensils, cooling the milk, and getting it ready for hauling. On one 

 farm hauling to the market was done by the owner himself; on the 

 others it was done by a motor truck which called at the dairies and 

 picked up the milk which had been hauled short distances to the road 

 on the route of the truck. The item of hauling in Table 7 does not 

 include the time taken by the motor trucks, as it was paid for in cash. 



Table 7. — Human labor used in producing, handling, and hauling 100 pounds of milk 



to the shipping platform. 



Kind of work. 



Winter. 



T 



vo 





Summer. 



Two 



1917-18 



1919-20 



winters. 



1918 1920 



simimers. 



Production 



Handling 



Hauling 



Hours. Perct. 

 1.89 92.3 

 .13 6. 3 

 .03 1. 4 



Hours. 

 1.71 

 .13 

 .04 



Perct. 

 90.8 

 6.9 

 2.3 



Hours. 

 1.81 

 .13 

 .04 



Per ct. 



91. 7 



6.6 



1.7 



Hours. 

 1.93 

 .27 

 .03 



Per ct. 



36.3 



12.3 



1.4 



Hours. Perct. 

 1.41 88.2 

 .15 9. 2 

 .04 1 2.6 



1 



Hours. Perct. 



1.67 1 87.1 



.21 ; 11.0 



.04 1 1.9 



Total 



2. 05 i 100. 



1.88 



100.0 



1. 98 1 100. 



2.23 



100. 1. 60 



100.0 



1.92 1 1(K).0 



OTHER COSTS. 



Under the heading of ''other costs" are grouped miscellaneous 

 costs, such as interest, taxes, insurance, and depreciation, on tlie 

 herd, buildings, and ecjuipment, also the cost of keeping the bull, 

 and similar items. 



BUILDINGS. 



The investment in buildings, including silos, averaged SSo.lB per 

 cow per year. The depreciation per year was based up<ni their 

 remaining years of usefulness. Insurance charges were taken from 



