162 Milk and Its Products 



keep them profitably employed during the whole day. 

 As milk is usually packed in ice for shipment, easy 

 access to a shipping -station becomes an important 

 factor. Since for every pound of milk shipped there 

 will be at least three pounds of extra weight in ice, 

 bottles and cases, the breakage of bottles also adds 

 materially to the cost. Under present conditions, the 

 cost of producing and delivering certified milk at the 

 shipping -station may be estimated, from a conservative 

 standpoint, to be at least twice that of good market milk. 



The various commissions that superintend the pro- 

 duction and marketing of certified milk as yet have 

 not agreed upon and adopted a uniform standard, 

 consequently there is considerable variation as to the 

 requirements, and some dissatisfaction among the pro- 

 ducers of certified milk at what seem to them to be some- 

 what arbitrary rulings. This feature has undoubtedly 

 deterred some from entering this field of production 

 who otherwise might have done so had they been 

 permitted to have complete control of their business. 



The high cost of certified milk is undoubtedly the 

 chief factor in preventing its more general use. 

 There are, however, many people in our cities who 

 desire milk of this grade, but, as they are pretty 

 well scattered over the residence districts, the cost of 

 delivery, as well as the cost of production, compared 

 to that of ordinary market milk, seems to many to be 

 excessively high. At the present time, under the 

 existing requirements, the demand for certified milk 

 in the cities of the United States seems to be fairly 

 well provided for. 



