30 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 173. 



It may be said in passing that the milk supplied by Haverhill dealers 

 is exceptionally pure and clean. These qualities are popularly supposed 

 to be expensive. If they are, Haverhill dealers have met the increased cost 

 by economies elsewhere. The city's entire supply comes from local pro- 

 ducers. Thus any impure milk can be at once traced to the source of 

 supply and the producer of exceptionally clean milk be quickly recognized. 

 Frequent inspections and monthly tests by a competent bacteriologist are 

 made. The methods of inspection and the publication of the results of 

 the monthly bacterial analyses have educated the Haverhill public to 

 appreciate the value of clean milk and have stimulated a healthy rivalry 

 among the producers and distributors. Only one dealer uses a pasteurizer 

 and he is the only distributor who purchases milk outside an 8-mile radius. 



Springfield v. Worcester. 



It costs the Springfield dealers studied 16 per cent, more than Worcester 

 dealers to distribute retail milk; and 25 per cent, more than the average 

 of all dealers investigated. Except in the amount spent for maintenance, 

 all the costs of distribution are lower in Worcester than in Springfield. 

 As a matter of fact, differences in depreciation, maintenance and overhead 

 are negligible. The labor item alone requires attention. Worcester has 

 cheaper labor because a large proportion of the distributors are producers, 

 and farm labor at $50 a month (cost of board included) is much lower than 

 labor in the city. In addition to this, a fair proportion of Worcester's 

 milk supply is distributed by foreign-born dealers who value their services 

 cheaply. 



A short time ago an ordinance was passed doing away with basement 

 dairies in Springfield. This has been productive of much good, although 

 it entails considerable expense. Depreciation has naturally increased in 

 this city but without a corresponding increase in maintenance. 



