. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. PRODUCING MARKET MILK IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA. 21 Table 11.—Average labor rates per hour. Class of labor. 1915 -16. 1916-17. AVinter. Summer. Winter. Summer. $0,153 .129 .128 .088 .100 $0,149 .118 .122 .081 .100 $ .137 .157 .100 .100 .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, howe
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. PRODUCING MARKET MILK IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA. 21 Table 11.—Average labor rates per hour. Class of labor. 1915 -16. 1916-17. AVinter. Summer. Winter. Summer. $0,153 .129 .128 .088 .100 $0,149 .118 .122 .081 .100 $ .137 .157 .100 .100 .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 OF 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 1015-16. 1916-17. winters. 1915-16. 1016-17. summers. Production Handling Hauling Hours. .31 .21 Per cent. Hours. .30 .19 Per cent. Hours. .31 .20 Per cent. Hours. .33 .20 Per cent. Hours. .32 .18 Per cent. Hours. .33 .19 Per cent. Total Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G.
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