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and the amounts are entered thereon as deliveries are made, statements 

 being rendered monthly. 



The delivery wagon is loaded according to a requisition made on the 

 cold storage room on some such form as Fig. 52, by the driver who is 

 responsible for what is sent out and who makes an accounting for it all 

 on his return. 



In the general office a record is kept on forms such as Fig. 53, of special 

 orders received by telephone and these are turned over to the proper 

 driver for delivery. 



In the large milk plants dump-room reports (Fig. 54), dairy reports 

 (Fig. 56), and platform reports (Fig. 56) are kept. To the producers, 

 statements such as forms Fig. 57 and Fig. 58, are rendered, and those to 

 customers on forms similar to Fig. 59. 



In addition to all this, there is the bookkeeping for the manufacturing 

 departments, for the purchasing departments and for the accounts with 

 the several employees so that the expense of maintaining the division of 

 accounts is a considerable item in the ultimate cost of getting milk to the 

 consumer. 



Retail Price of Milk. The final question is, at what price can milk 

 be delivered? The price varies but not to so great an extent as might 

 be expected. Table 113, compiled in the first 6 months of 1916, gives 

 the average retail price per quart of milk in 105 cities in different parts 



TABLE 113. AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF MILK IN CENTS PER QUART IN 105 CITIES OP 



THE UNITED STATES 



