CHAPTER II 

 SELLING MILK 



MEASURING MILK 



THE laws of most states and cities describe 

 milk as fluid drawn from the udders of dairy 

 cows, to which nothing has been added, and from 

 which nothing has been taken away, and which 

 contains not less than 11.5 to 12 per cent solids, 

 and not less than 3 to 3.5 per cent butter fat. 



Milk must be measured either by volume or by 

 weight. If by volume, the common measurement 

 is the number of quarts or cans. This method of 

 measuring milk is unfair, both to the dairyman 

 and to the milk dealer, because it is inaccurate. 

 Battered or dented cans and cans not full make 

 correct measurement of milk by volume impos- 

 sible. 



The dairyman delivering milk in cans that 

 are badly dented is cheating the milk dealer, 

 and unfair to the dairyman equipped with good 

 cans. 



