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 JMilk Institution, Berlin. 



(Translated by Dr. C. F. Martin.) 



" In 1881 the first steps were taken to provide Berlin with 

 pure and cheap milk as well as good dairy produce and a small 

 building was opened for that purpose with three sale wagons. 

 In less than two years this was found quite inadequate, the 

 public sympathy being so fully offered to the enterprise that it 

 became necessary to construct at once a central dairy on much 

 larger dimensions. These buildings were gradually increased 

 in size and the business done became so extensive that in 1897 

 instead of three sale wagons being employed as at first, there 

 were 159. 



41 Regarding the distribution of milk itself at the end of the 

 first year's enterprise nearly two millions and a half litres were 

 supplied to the city, and in 1896 nearly twenty-six million 

 litres. At present the daily quantity, viz., 75,000 litres meets 

 the needs of some 45,000 householders, and is obtained from 

 dairies containing in all 14,000 cows. 



" In connection with the production of this milk the following 

 statistics may be of some interest. For the proper working of 

 the apparatus necessary for the cleansing of the vessels con- 

 taining the milk a daily quantity of from 12,000 to 14,000 

 kilograms of coal is employed. The place is lighted by 1,600 

 incandescent and fifty-two arc lamps, and the power required 

 includes three dynamos of over 1,000 amperes. 



"In connection with the institution, there are 1,200 workmen, 

 many of them specially employed and retained in special 

 houses, such for example as locksmiths, tinsmiths, saddlers, 

 etc., and a special printing house has likewise been built. 180 

 wagons and about 240 horses are required in order to carry on 

 the work as at present. 



"Not only do the wagons carry ordinary milk, but' likewise 

 whey ; the best fresh milk for children, sterilized milk for 

 children, cream, skimmed milk, buttermilk, butter and various 

 kinds of cheese, and arrangements are made whereby various 

 kinds of fresh fruit are carried about on the same wagons. 



