104 



These are also made with a rotary stand and a capping de- 

 vice. I have not had reports of its work, but it seems prom- 

 ising to me and well worth investigation. 



One of the greatest problems which meet dealers in plac- 

 ing sanitary (certified) milk on the 

 market is the danger of dishonest 

 agents and customers' servants tam- 

 pering with the milk. The Common 

 Sense bottle having no wire fasten- 

 ings which might be sealed, Mr. H. B. 

 Gurler planned a special cap to cover 

 the paper one, Fig. 112, stamped 

 out of tin and sealed with a lead seal, 

 in which the date of filling may be 

 Fig. 112. embossed if so desired. 



THE CITY MILK DELIVERY. 



This is one of the most unsatisfactory phases of supply- 

 ing large cities. What terrible economic loss is there sus- 

 tained by having ten or twelve delivery wagons pass over the 

 same route? Here is a case where a large combination 

 would be justified, but I should prefer to see the milk 

 producers have the main say in such a combination. 

 This enormous expense in delivering is not the 

 only drawback. It is true we have in nearly 

 all our cities several large companies who have excellent facil- 

 ities for handling milk in a sanitary manner, but alas, we 

 have also many small, dirty and unsanitary milk depots 

 where there is not even the most primitive attempt at sanita- 

 tion; where there is hardly decent facilities for washing the 

 cans and bottles, and when such dealers peddle milk in bot- 

 tles that system is a great farce. Small milk dealers or 

 grocers and bakers who handle only one or two cans of milk 



should never place them in a re- 

 frigerator with other things; far 

 better is it to have a special 

 water tank lined with galvanized 

 iron, as shown in Fig. 113, for two 

 cans where the ice is placed be- 

 tween the two cans which stand 

 on a wooden rack. Right here is 

 the advantage of shipping the 

 milk in bottles generally, such 

 Fig. us. small dealers could handle the 



