PROPrCTNG MARKET MILK IN DELAWARE. 
Table 6. — Per cent of labor performer} and hours per 100 pounds of milk for 
each class of help. 
Winter. 
Summer. 
Class of labor. 
Labor 
Distribution of work for 100 
performed. pounds 
of milk. 
Labor 
Distribution of work for 100 
performed. pounds 
of milk. 
1919-20 1920-21 Average. Average. 
1919-201 
1920-21 i 
Average. Average. 
Managers 
Hired men 
Percent. Percent. 
28. 1 28. 4 
68. 3 67. 7 
Percent. Hours. 
28 2 0. 74 
6& 1. 80 
Percent. 
25.2 
67.2 
Percent. 
2a 5 
60.6 
Percent. Hours. 
26. 9 0. 67 
63. 7 1. 60 
Total man labor 
Women 
96. 4 96. 1 
1.2 1.5 
2. 4 2. 4 
96. 2 2. 54 
1.4 .04 
2. 4 .06 
92. 4 B9. 1 
1.8 1.4 
5. 8 9. 5 
90. 6 2. 27 
1.6 .04 
7. 8 .20 
Total 
100. 100. 
100. 2. 64 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 2.51 
i See notes to Table 1. 
The production of market milk in this section is mostly a man's 
job. as is shown in Table 6. In winter men performed 96.2 per cent 
of the work about the dairy. But in summer, especially during the 
yacation months, boys and girls performed more of the work, thus 
reducing the proportion of man labor for the summer season to 90.6 
per cent. 
Work about the dairy is divided into three groups — production, 
handling, and hauling to the shipping platform. Production in- 
cludes feeding, milking, and the general care of the herd. Handling 
comprises such items as washing utensils, cooling the milk, and get- 
ting it ready for hauling. In this section part of the milk was 
shipped by train and part transported by large motor trucks to the 
city. 
Table 7. — Human labor used in producing, handling, and hauling 100 pounds of 
milk to the shippiyig platform. 
Kind of work. 
Winter. 
Two 
Summer. 
Two 
1919-20. 
1920-21. 
winters. 
1919-20.1 1920-21.1 
summers. 
Production 
Handling 
Hauling 
Hours. 
2.2 
.1 
.3 
Perct. 
^4. 7 
4.6 
10.7 
Hours. 
2.2 
.2 
.3 
Per ct. 
82.0 
5. 5 
12.5 
Hours. 
2.2 
.1 
.3 
Perct. 
S3. 3 
5.1 
11.6 
Hours. 
2.1 
.2 
.4 
Per ct. 
76.0 
8.4 
15.6 
Hours. 
1.9 
.2 
.3 
Per ct. 
79.0 
7.5 
13.5 
Hours. 
2.0 
.2 
.3 
Perct. 
77.6 
7.9 
14.5 
Total 
2.6 
100.0 
2.7 
100.0 
2.6 
100.0 
2.7 
100.0 
2.4 
100.0 
2.5 
100.0 
> See notes to 
Table 1 
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HER < 
:osts 
Under the heading of " Other costs " are grouped miscellaneous 
charges, such as interest, taxes, insurance, and depreciation on the 
herd, buildings, and equipment; also the cost of keeping the bull 
and similar items. 
