376 



STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table No. XII 



COMPARISON OP THE SERVICE OF DELIVERY RENDERED FOR BAKED GOODS 



AND MILK. 



In order that the delivery of the two classes of goods could be more easily 

 compared, wagons which used the same system of delivery were selected and 

 compared in Table No. XIII. This table shows that while there is a larger 

 load carried there are also more miles traveled. This comparison is made 

 on wholesale wagons only. 



Table No. XIII 



COMPARISON OF WHOLESALE BAKERY AND MILK WAGONS OF SAME TYPE AND 

 SAME SYSTEM OF DELIVERY IN FLINT^ LANSING AND KALAMAZOO. 



WHOLESALE VS. RETAIL MILK DELIVERY. 



There has been a great deal of discussion in regard to the advantage of all 

 wholesale milk delivery over all retail, or wholesale and retail dehvery com- 

 bined. The preceding statements in regard to wholesale delivery give in a 

 general way some of the problems encountered. From Table No. XIV it is 

 evident that for milk to be handled through the stores results in an extra cost 

 in the form of commission to those who dispense it retail. It also adds 

 another dealer through whose hands the milk must pass before it reaches the 

 consumer, the biggest problem in marketing today being the elimination of 

 as many middlemen as prevent economy. 



