38 BULLETIIT 973, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



NUMBER OF MEN REQUIRED TO OPERATE MILK PLANTS. 



The average number of workmen employed in a milk plant, also 

 of route foremen, office clerks, etc., is shown in Table 12 for 153 

 plants of various sizes. Wide variations occur in plants of similar 

 sizes, but a general idea may be obtained from this table for purposes 

 of comparison. 



Table 12. — Number of men employed in 153 milk plants of various sizes. 







Plan 



t em- 















ployees (not 

 including of- 



Delivery routes. 



Administra- 

 tive force. 



Office force. 







fice force). 



















Aver- 















Gallons milk handled 

 daily. 



Num- 

 ber of 



Aver- 

 age 





Aver- 



age 

 num- 



Aver- 

 age 





Aver- 





Aver- 



Aver- 

 age 



plants. 



gal- 

 lons 

 han- 

 dled 

 daily 



Aver- 

 age 



men 

 per 



plant. 



age 

 num- 

 ber 

 routes 

 per 



ber 



routes 

 per 100 

 gal- 

 lons 



nimi- 

 ber 



routes 

 per 

 route 



Aver- 

 age 

 per 



plant. 



age per 

 100 gal- 

 lons 

 han- 

 dled 



Aver- 

 age 

 per 



plant. 



100 gal- 

 lons 

 mUk 

 han- 

 dled 

 daily. 



num- 

 ber of 

 routes 

 per 

 office 







per 





plant. 



han- 



fore- 





daily. 





em- 







plant. 







dled 



man. 









ployee. 













daily. 















Up to 100 



4 



85 



1.0 



1.0 



1.2 















101 to 250 



18 

 31 

 35 



168 

 390 



788 



1.7 

 2.8 

 5.7 



2.4 

 4.4 

 9.8 



1.4 

 1.1 

 1.2 



"'6.7' 



0.52 

 .74 

 1.1 



0.31 

 .19 

 .14 



0.52 



.77 

 2.7 



0.31 

 .20 

 .34 



4.7 



251 to 500 



5.7 



501 to 1,000 



3.7 



1,001 to 1,500... 



15 



1,303 



7.2 



12.4 



.9 



6.0 



1.0 



.08 



•2.4 



.18 



5.2 



1,501 to 2,000 



11 



1,745 



11.5 



20.5 



1.2 



7.0 



1.4 



.08 



4.7 



.27 



4.3 



2,001 to 3,000 



12 



2,621 



14.6 



25.4 



.97 



8.0 



1.3 



.05 



5.6 



.21 



4.5 



3,001 to 5,000 



16 



3,921 



20.5 



37.9 



.96 



7.1 



1.9 



.05 



7.7 



.20 



4.9 



5,001 to 10,000 _. 



7 



7,357 



32.7 



62.6 



.84 



7.4 



2.1 



.03 



14.1 



.19 



4.4 



Over 10,000 



4 



17,250 



85.8 



138.2 



.80 



9.7 



3.0 



.02 



44.2 



.25 



3.1 







From the average number of routes per 100 gallons the approxi- 

 mate average load carried by the dealers with plants of various sizes 

 can be determined. It will be noted that the larger dealers have 

 fewer routes per 100 gallons handled than the smaller ones. This 

 is owing in part to the fact that in many cases they handled a greater 

 proportion of bulk milk. 



The average number of routes per route foreman varied, but as a 

 general rule the larger dealers were able to economize in this respect 

 and more routes were handled per route foreman than in the case of 

 the smaller dealers. The number of administrative officers, also, 

 was proportionally larger at the smaller plants. The number of 

 office employees required in proportion to the number of routes 

 depends more on the system of accounting used than on the size of 

 the busiuess. Some of the large dealers have many more office em- 

 ployees per route operated than some of the smaller ones. 



Table 13 presents some interesting information as to the number 

 of men employed in plants in different cities. Figures from the 

 principal plants in each city were obtained. 



