PRODUCING MARKET MILK IN EASTERN NEBRASKA. 
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Table 6. — Percentage of labor performed and hours per 100 pounds of milk by each class 
of help. 
Winter. 
Summer. 
Class of labor. 
Distribution of work per- 
formed. 
Labor 
per 100 
pounds 
of milk. 
Distribution of work per- 
formed. 
Labor 
per 100 
pounds 
of milk. 
1917-18 
1919-20 
Average. 
Average. 
1918 
1920 
Average. 
Average. 
Per cent. 
50.9 
26.7 
Per cent. 
59.1 
26.1 
Per cent. 
54.3 
26.4 
Hours. 
1.07 
.52 
Per cent. 
52.3 
17.9 
Per cent. 
49.4 
25.8 
Per cent. 
51.1 
21.1 
Hours. 
0.98 
Hired men 
.41 
Total man labor 
77.6 
12.1 
10.3 
85.2 
14.1 
.7 
80.7 
12.9 
6.4 
1.59 
.26 
.13 
70.2 
14. 
15.6 
75.2 
20.6 
4.2 
72.2 
16.8 
11.0 
1.39 
.32 
.21 
Total human labor 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
1.98 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
1.92 
As is seen in Table 7, work connected with the dairy is divided 
into three groups — production, handling, and hauling to the shipping 
platform. Production includes feeding, milking, and the general 
care of the herd. Handling comprises such items as washing the 
utensils, cooling the milk, and getting it ready for hauling. On one 
farm hauling to the market was done by the owner himself; on the 
others it was done by a motor truck which called at the dairies and 
picked up the milk which had been hauled short distances to the road 
on the route of the truck. The item of hauling in Table 7 does not 
include the time taken by the motor trucks, as it was paid for in cash. 
Table 7. — Human labor used in producing, handling, and hauling 100 pounds of milk 
to the shipping platform. 
Kind of work. 
Winter. 
T 
A'O 
Summer. 
Two 
1917-18 
1919-20 
winters. 
1918 
1920 
summers. 
Production 
Handling 
Hauling 
Hours . 
1.89 
.13 
.03 
Per ct. 
92.3 
6.3 
1.4 
Hours . 
1.71 
.13 
.04 
Per ct. 
90.8 
6.9 
2.3 
Hours . 
1.81 
.13 
.04 
Per ct. 
91.7 
6.6 
1.7 
Hours . 
1.93 
.27 
.03 
Per ct. 
86. 3 
12.3 
1.4 
Hours . 
1.41 
.15 
.04 
Per ct. 
88.2 
9.2 
2.6 
Hours. 
1.67 
.21 
.04 
Per ct. 
87.1 
11.0 
1.9 
Total 
2.05 
100.0 
1.88 
100.0 
1.98 
100.0 
2.23 
100.0 
1.60 
100.0 
1.92 
100.0 
OTHER COSTS. 
Under the heading of " other costs" are grouped miscellaneous 
costs, such as interest, taxes, insurance, and depreciation, on the 
herd, buildings, and equipment, also the cost of keeping the bull, 
and similar items. 
BUILDINGS. 
The investment in buildings, including silos, averaged $85.16 per 
cow per year. The depreciation per year was based upon their 
remaining years of usefulness. Insurance charges were taken from 
