598 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 
TRANSPORTATION OF MILK. 
During the month of July an investigation was made and pub- 
lished in the August crop report as to the charges for transporting 
milk to several of our largest cities, and a comparison was shown with 
the foreign rates to London. 
FOREIGN MILK RATES. 
The four railroads carrying over 20,000,000 gallons of milk to Lon- 
don per annum are the London and Southwestern, Great Eastern, 
London and Northwestern, and Great Western. The mileage tariff 
of the London and Southwestern, which seems to be about the same 
as the other companies, is as follows: 
[Reduced to U. §. currency on the basis of 2 cents per penny. ] 
Miles Cans of 6 Cans of 9 Cans of 12 Cans of 15 Cans of 18 
ee gallons. gallons. | gallons. * gallons. gallons. 
s. d. |Cents.| s. d. |\Cents,| s. d. |Cents.| s. d. |Cents.| s. d. \Cents, 
10 miles and under... .,| 0 6 12 | 0 f¢ 14)0 8 16 | 0 9 18|}0 10 20 
AO TOISO Ran Lees eoee 0 “f 14 | 0 8 16 | 0 9 18|;0 10 Oy he lil 22 
eat rele: US S654, SOAPS eo oc 0 8 16/0 9 18%|Oseeale 20);0 id 224 1 0 24 
AQ EOUIO: «0 oipisicusie’cle spersisd le 0 9 18) |p-0) ), 141 22 |-1 1 26) 1 3 30 } 1 5 34 
BOOT oO sciisins eerste ae ci ees QO al pe | 1 1 26 | 1 3 30 | 1 5 34] 1 ue 38 
WONCO MOO? Soe wtak cro iereie mies 1 2 28} 1 4 32 | 1 6 36 | 1 8 40)" 86 44 
LOO POR OD Me eters j 74 321i 16 364) 1) 129 42/2 0 48|2 4 56 
125 GO DOSS Cenc sewers: ik 6 36 | 1 8 40 | 2 0 4- | 2 3 54} 2 6 60 
SOKO FAO akebnceee ees te 1 8 40 |} 1 ab 44/2 2 | 52'| 2 6 60/23 9 66 
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It will be seen that the difference in the cost of the several sizes of 
cans for 40 miles and under is 2 cents’ per can, while from 40 to 100 
miles it is4 cents. These differences are proportional throughout 
the table, with one or two exceptions, according to the distance and 
size of cans. ‘The greatest difference is the 18-gallon can, between 
100 and 125 miles, which is 12 cents, and between 40 and 50 miles, 10 
cents; while between 125 and 150 miles the difference is only 4 cents. 
DOMESTIC MILK RATES, 
The rates on milk for long distances in this country generally are 
not as high as the foreign rates indicated above. For instance, the 
rates to Jersey City for a 10-gallon can over the New York, Lake 
Erie and Western Railroad for 175 miles is 35 cents per can, which 
is 5 cents less than the foreign rate on a 6-gallon can for the same 
distance to London. For ashort distance the foreign rate is much 
smaller, 7. e., the foreign rate for 25 miles to London on a 9-gallon 
can is only 16 cents per can, while over the New York, Lake Erie 
and Western Railroad for twenty-five miles on a 10-gallon can is 
the same as for 175 miles, 35 cents per can. Over the New York 
Central and Hudson River Railroad from all points on the Hud- 
son River and Harlem divisions to New York City, the long- 
distance rate, say 125 miles, for a 10-gallon can of millx is 30 cents 
per can, while the foreign rate to London for the same distance on a 
9-callon can is 36 cents. The foreign short-haul rate is, as in the 
case of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad, much 
smaller than the domestic rate, which is the same as for a long haul, 
while the foreign rate for a 9-gallon can for 25 miles is 16 cents per 
can, or only 1 cent more than one-half of the domestic rate for the 
