Cost op MANuifAcruRU 



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SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK 



Cost per case of forty-eight cans containing forty-six and 



four tenths pounds of condensed milk, net. 



116 pounds milk @ l.SO 



18.6 pounds, using 16 lbs. per 100 

 lbs. milk, cane sugar @ Sc. . . . 



Tin cans 



Boxes 



Labels 



Solder and gasoline 



Coal 



Labor 



Interest on investment and insur- 

 ance 



Freight 



Selling expense 



Total cost per case 



1913. 



1.74 



.93 



.45 



.075 



.04 



.035 



.045 



.25 



.03 

 .12 

 .30 



4.015 



7.23 



80% 



EVAPORATED MILK 



Cost per case of forty-eight tall-size cans containing fifty-four 



pounds of evaporated milk, net. 



Increase due 



1913. 1917. to war 

 conditions. 



110 pounds milk @ 1.50 1.65 3.30 100% 



Tin cans 55 .96 75% 



Boxes 075 .10 33^% 



Labels 04 .08 100% 



Solder and gasoline .02 .04 100% 



Coal 045 .12 150% 



Labor 25 .50 100% 



Interest on investment and insur- 

 ance .03 .03 No Increase 



Freight 12 .15 25% 



Selling expense .30 .45 50% 



Total cost per case 3.080 5.73 86% 



* The figures showing per cent increase due to war condition were coin- 

 piled by Professor A. C. Anderson, Mich. Agr. College, who conducted an exten- 

 sive study on coat of manufacture of sweetened condensed milk. 



