

COOPERATIVE MILK-DISTRIBUTING PLANTS. 15; 
}of delivery, whether many flights of stairs must be climbed, etc. 
| In the ordinary city, where there is more or less competition, about 
| 250 to 800 quarts of milk, with the usual quantity of cream and 
| other dairy products, are commonly carried on a retail wagon. For 
| wholesale trade one delivery outfit will handle 500 to 1,500 quarts, 
| depending on the type of streets, distance apart of the customers, 
| and similar factors. 
INVESTMENTS IN PLANT AND EQUIPMENT. 
If a building is rented or bought it must be remodeled to fit the 
requirements of the business and this remodeling will cost, depend- 
ing on the size and condition of the building, from $500 to $5,000 
or more. The rental of a building will, of course, depend upon local 
conditions, location in the city, on size of building, etc., but this 
will usually vary from $30 to $150 per month. 
The money that must be invested in a new building will depend 
on the quantity of milk to be handled, materials of construction 
used, cost of labor, local conditions, etc. Table 1 shows the invest- 
ments in plant building at 27 representative producers’ milk plants 
of various sizes located in various cities throughout the country. 
While there are wide variations in cost, caused by lack of standardi- 
zation of buildings, varied materials used, and other factors, these 
figures will give a general idea of the approximate amount of money 
that will have to be invested in a building. 
The cost of milk-plant equipment depends on the quality and 
size and the cost of transportation. In Table 1 are also shown the 
investments in plant equipment in 27 producers’ cooperative plants 
of various sizes. 
TABLE 1.—IJnvestments in plant and equipment at 27 producers’ cooperative milk 
plants, arranged according to quantity handled. 

Investment in plant 
Investment in plant. equipment. 
Average 
Num- | number 
Size of plant (gallons handled daily). | ber of | gallons 
plants.| handled Average | Average | Average 


daily. poe ee per per per 
P ; gallon. plant. gallon. 
HOM CONS OBIESS ee sae te 9 413.9 1 $10, 000.00 | 1 $25.97 | $11, 811.21 $28. 73 
HOO: OOOmallonS: 2a ees. Ss sachs U 793 218, 977. 87 2 22.77 25, 208. 68 31.79 
1,001 to’ 2,000 gallons.................... 5 | 1,760 222,515.76 | 211.69 | 220,933.77 | 311.89 
2,001 to 8000 gallons.................... 614,199.66]  94,750.25| 19.14 | 60,960.15 12, 34 
27 | 1,602.7 36, 339, 02 19.45 | 26, 624, 28 16. 97 

1 Only 5 plants in this group had buildings of their own. 
~ 2 One plant in this group rented a building 
- 8 One plantin this group handled mostly ail wholesale. 
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