MARKET MILK BUSINESS OF DETROIT, MICH., IN 1915. . 138 
In most cases the cost of trucking was less than the cost of trans- 
portation by steam railroad and the same as by electric road. It 
should be explained that electric lines did not serve those stations 
where costs of trucking were higher than the rates for equal dis- 
tances on the electric railways. 
When the milk was shipped by either steam or electric roads, an - 
additional cost of about 14 cents for each 10-gallon can was usually 
incurred in trucking the milk from the city terminal milk platform 
to the city milk plant. 
COST OF MILK DELIVERED TO THE CITY. 
Figure 2 and Table III show the average prices paid by small, 
medium, and large dealers for milk f. 0. b. Detroit. As shown in 
Table IV, the smaller dealers did not receive their supplies through 
country milk stations. ‘To show the total cost of milk f. o. b. Detroit 
when received through country stations, and the relation of the costs 
of collecting and handling at these stations, the records of certain 
typical stations were obtained from a few dealers and are presented 
in Table XI. 
TABLE XI.—Relation of daily handling and transportation expenses at country 
plants to prices paid farmers and total cost of milk f. 0. b. Detroit during 
June, 19198. 
Costs of collecting and Expenses of Motal costiof milk £40. b 
Paid farmers. handling at country | transporting to 
station. Detroit. Detroit. 
Station number. ; In per In per 
Net cent of Cost Cost cent of | Total 
amount} cost 
Amount| price |Amount jamount 
per jAmount| per |Amount paid per 
perday.) per | per day. paid gallon. | per day.| gallon. | per day. 
gallon. arm- farm- | gallon. 
ers. ers. 
ese inal fars $7.00 | $0. 092 $1. 07 1.5 | $0. 013 $1.13 | $0. 014 $9.20 | 131.3] $0.119 
Pe. i tenes eat 12 - 098 1.06 8.8 - 008 1.83 014 14.89 | 124.0 - 120 
See fee Bs ene 17. 00 - 099 1.10 6.4 - 006 4.73 027 22.83 | 134.2 - 132 
cs Ete Rae te 22. 00 . 098 1.62 de® - 007 3.37 014 26.99 | 122.6 119 
Dae aa. 30. 00 - 095 2.19 7.3 . 006 2.57 008 34.76 | 115.8 - 109 
((\3cs As Seen ee es 44.00 - 116 2. 34 5.3 . 006 5. 70 014 52.04} 118.2 - 136 
(ise ee ee 44.00 - 100 1.24 2.8 - 002 6. 70 014 51.94 | 118.0 - 116 
SUB ele te 2 bei fs 54. 00 -117 3.06 5.6 006 6. 97 014 64.03 | 118.5 oly 
Ot en ee es 99. 00 . 128 9. 56 9.6 012 11. 67 014} 120.23} 121.4 . 154 
Qs a3 Beers Meiners’ 85. 00 - 102 8. 09 9.5 009 23. 57 -027 | 116.66 | 137.2 - 138 
TIAA meters Spee 108. 00 . 108 3.70 3.4 003 27. 23 -026 | 138.93 | 128.6 allay? 
Paes ee nee Seep 83. 00 115 17. 54 21.1 01] 17.47 011 118.01 | 142.1 «137 
Sante oasoee ose 98. 00 . 148 14. 48 14.7 009 16. 23 -010 | 128.71 131.3 . 167 
Te Ne ae ete aa 267. 00 - 141 10. 13 3.7 005 51.47 -026 | 328.60] 123.0 . 172 
Ts Sosa Lh eee See 141.00 114 4.81 3.4 001 33. 67 -013 | 179.48] 127.2 . 128 
Geese sass sos 284. 00 107 8.18 2.8 003 71. 83 -026 | 364.01 1 Pda I - 136 
Average...| 87.00 113 5. 63 7.0 . 006 17. 88 017 | 110.70} 126.3 134 
The “net prices” paid farmers at different stations during the 
month of June, 1915, varied from 9.2 cents to 14.8 cents a gallon. 
These prices are not the same as those quoted in the schedule of prices 
for milk delivered f. 0. b. Detroit, but are what the farmers actually 
received at the particular stations after transportation costs had been 
