PRODUCING MARKET MILK IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA. 21 
Table 11. — Average labor rates per hour. 
Class of labor. 
1915 
-16. 
1916-17. 
"Winter. 
Summer. 
Winter. 
Summer. 
$0. 153 
.129 
.128 
.088 
.100 
$0,149 
.118 
.122 
.081 
.100 
SO. 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 OP 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 
1915-16. 
1916-17. 
winters. 
1915-16. 
1916-17. 
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 
