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avoid the giving of cash, which is apt to be preverted 

 to other uses. It will be found convenient to deliver 

 the bottles in light wooden boxes, holding from fif- 

 teen to twenty-five bottles each, the number varying 

 with the size of the bottles. 



Fig. 25-CLEANSING BRUSH. 



Some trouble is experienced at the beginning with 

 the returning of the bottles and rubber caps, and 

 some strictness is required, on the part of the dairy- 

 man, to oblige the patrons to return the bottles clean, 

 or what this may mean to the consumer. We know 

 that real cleansing means the application of steam, 

 hot water, soda and the brush. This is a point of 

 the greatest importance. The return of clean bottles 

 must be insisted upon at all hazards. In connection 

 with this, and to illustrate the baneful effects of un- 

 restricted competition, I will mention my experience 

 when walking along Fifth avenue, New York City, 



