94 BULLETIN 639, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE XVII.— Comparative investments and costs per gallon of handling and 
distributing milk by 28 dealers grouped according to quantities handled. 
7. Pn) Dn An DLL LLL 
Dealers grouped = y; 
according to | ; 5 
number of gal- For handling. | For delivery. For administration. are = | 
fens handled | € z 
aily. a | 
mm APD 
2 | ; i hae eS 
2 . | 42 le 42 |e Tel | lee dee 
5 | &a [8 fa |5 Sir | .tfa {sa 
as d| oO ML Ee al so |s so| 3 ele) es) & 
vs .| 2 | £8 jog | 28 jo Eglc¢ a|/>3|a| 3s 
=s 2 = er os ieee do}|/ aS = = o | =& = 
"a | 2 | £8 [esl g sf leslie] lgsieelels(e1esrs 
oo Sf eet (SO ot) Be IOP) lig te S| OOo atl ed eS oleae 
= iB oq |& = S oq |s a) ° o5 = 2, — ) = = | 
a > 2S =) Lary = aa) i— a = > S = = Ss & = = | = | 
fe </8° SB lajAl]a° 4 jalals"|48 jalaé|/alel/ala 
Less than |Gails| Cts.| Cts. ces. | lcts.|cxs.| ces. Cts.| Cis. | Cts.| Cts.| Cts.| Cts.| Cts | Cts. 
15Oe 2 = 32 99 $23. 725) 1.2}1.7 |3.20 |$9.117 |0. 48/1. 08/3. 36]_-.-_}_-.--- 010. 1025te es OOS TiS 72 
151 to Ee 315} 13.870 Be 1.8 | 8.348 | .38 ale 94/0.489/0.02 | .09 | .73 |....- Pil ail pees Se | 8.85 
501 te) 
Sy gare 640) Be BY ie 1.7 | 6.404 | .39} Bt =965/7- O0#4| 0-1 SO a a ea 9.90 
001 to | 
150022 215 365) 32. 485} 1.2}1.8 {1.2 |10.039 | .54)1.01/3. 46] .516} .02 | .02 | .90 |-_.... -04 | .01 {10.20 
75000 - 1 $00) 8. 395 4) .9 |1.1 | 9.160 a Bae 54) . 183) . 01 10 | .70 05 | .03 | 7.30 3 
000... ./1, | -8:395) - 4): jl. - = : b = - z a | Us see eons. 3 BY 
2,001 to | 
"3,000... 2,119) 45. on 1.0] .6 |2.2 |18.980 ‘| . 92'3.69| .730} .04 | .40 | .70 | .30 | .20 |} .06 j10.50 i 
More than | : | Pi J te d 
3,000..:- 9, 706) 21. 375, 7 esi Mane Bef 17.520 211. 29/4. 0116: 570) 29" | < 25 | 43° 205 | 20 as22o) 9.30 dj 
Average = oie Losktie|faice a jad Acmdye 7 | ed : 
of all | | | x 
groups.. 12, 299! 24.715) .81.142)1. 84211. 3666) .43| .983.361. 236] .0645| .151| .751| .175) .091| .003)9. 819 ‘ 
Better poe oe eee he ies) oe, ‘i 
1See note below Table XIII, page 18. 2 
2 Supplies for delivery include charges for horse feed and shoeing, lanterns, automobile 
supplies, milk carriers, etc. 
3 Investment for administration include office furniture and appliances. 
4Supplies for administration include office supplies, such as route books, accounting 
forms and books, tickets, stationery, electric lights, etc. 5 
5 Salaries for administration include salaries of office clerks and administrative officers. x 
In some plants only a part of a man’s salary was charged to the item, as some of the time 
was charged directly to labor for either handling or delivery. 
Table XVII and figure 10 show that on the average the cost of 
handling milk is less in the larger-sized plants than in the smaller 
ones. The groups handling daily from 1,001 to 1,500 gallons and 
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COST OF HANDLING AND O(STRIGUTION 
CENTS FER GALLON. 
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Fic. 10.—Cost of handling and distributing a gallon of milk, 
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