COPENHAGEN MILK-SUPPLY COMPANY 93 



empty themselves of the lime-water automatically 

 and are then removed and steamed. By this method 

 they are entirely disinfected and cleansed from all 

 acidity. 



A comparatively new industry here is the sale 

 of buttermilk. Five or six years ago only one 

 dozen bottles a day of this were disposed of, whereas 

 in the autumn of 19 10, 3000 quart and pint bottles 

 were distributed every day at a price of 12 ore (ijd.) 

 a quart. I should add that the unsold milk is con- 

 verted into cheese. 



All being prepared, the milk is distributed in the 

 following fashion. Two hundred cans, each contain- 

 ing 100 lbs. Danish, are sent to hospitals. Some 

 goes to three shops the company possesses, while 

 the rest is hawked by means of forty-four vans which 

 deliver it from door to door. 



These vans, which I saw, are extraordinarily well- 

 contrived and adapted to their purpose. The cans 

 of whole and skim milk are placed on either side of 

 the front portion of the vehicle, and locked up in 

 such a position that the milk can be drawn through 

 taps which are specially protected from dust. It 

 cannot be otherwise got at even by those in charge 

 of the van. Over the taps are written the quality 

 and the price of the milk. In the rear compartment 

 of the van are trays which exactly fit the cases that 

 hold the bottles of cream and of children's and butter- 

 milk, the prices of which are inscribed over the door. 

 These trays in summer are covered with a layer 

 of ice. 



The driver of each van, who is responsible for 

 everything connected with the sale or return of the 

 milk entrusted to him, is accompanied on his rounds 



