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MAKING SHEEP TRANSPORT PAY.
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" I have been offered a contract for the transport of sheep in loads of 80 to 170 at the following rates :-For 80 miles at 7d. tier head; 120 miles at 8d. ; 188 miles at 10d. and 290 miles at Is. 6d. The driver would be paid £3 5s. per week and insurance of the stock would cost £20 per annum. The markets at the maximum mileage would provide full loads on each journey. What type of vehicle should I buy and are the rates quoted profitable? "
You should obtain a maximum-load four-wheeler, with which the rates quoted will be profitable, so long as the average loading does not fall below about 120 sheep. We expect that the work as a whole will be remunerative, if there be not too great a percentage of loads of 80 sheep. We assume that you will be keeping the vehicle regularly operated five days per week.