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Association my agent with full authority to soil all 

 milk produced by me, reserving only such amounts 

 as are required for my family use." The agreement 

 further requires the handling of milk in a cleanly 

 manner in accordance with the rules prescribed by 

 the Detroit Board of Health. Inspection of the 

 cows, stable and equipment by an agent is permitted 

 with a view to the correction of such unsanitary con- 

 ditions as may be discovered. The association is 

 referee for disputes regarding weight and grading 

 of milk. It receives 1 per cent on gross sales in com- 

 pensation for its services. 



Detroit is, of course, the largest urban milk mar- 

 ket in IMichigan. In August, 1915, the average daily 

 consumption was estimated to be 47,5G9 gallons, 

 and of market cream, 5,953 gallons, which was 

 thought to constitute a daily per capita consumption 

 of .(33 of a pint of milk and .08 of a pint of cream. 

 In 1921, the City Department of Health put the 

 Detroit consumption of milk at 80,000 gallons. It 

 was estimated that the summer consumption then 

 amounted to 700,000 pints daily, and the winter 

 consumption to 600,000 pints. Detroit's milk supply 

 was, in 1921, furnished by some 7,500 farmers. In 

 1915, there were 140 distributors of milk in Detroit, 

 who obtained their supply from farmers living at 

 considerable distances from the city and who either 

 delivered their product directly as now, by wagon 

 or truck, steam or electric railway to consumers or 

 dealers in the city, or to collecting stations located 

 in the country, some of which had facilities for pas- 



