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" After formation of the dairy company, the price was immedi- 

 ately reduced and reductions have continued until at the present 

 time milk containing 4.2 to 4.5 per cent butter-fat is sold for 15 

 quarts for $1.00, or at 6 2 /3 cents per quart. 



" Since the formation of this company the number of dairies in 

 the county has doubled. 



" All the milk and cream is pasteurized by being subjected to a 

 temperature of from 147 to 160 degrees for ten to fifteen minutes. 

 The milk is first aerated and cooled at the dairies, delivered im- 

 mediately to the central plant, where it is pasteurized, bottled, 

 reduced to a temperature of between 30 and 40 degrees Fahrenheit 

 in the precooling plant and delivered to the consumer. 



" For the purpose of delivery but three wagons are used for the 

 retail trade, whereas formerly the same amount of milk from the 

 same number of dairies would have required fifteen wagons. 



" The total investment in this distributing station at the present 

 time represents in real estate, buildings, machinery and improve- 

 ments about $31,000. There is a floating indebtedness of $11,000, 

 drawing 6 per cent interest, and accumulated assets of $9,500. 



" Three dairyman are employed to manage the business at a suf- 

 ficient salary to justify them in accepting such employment and 

 discontinuing active dairy work. Sweet milk and cream are sold 

 not only in the city of Riverside, but in the adjoining towns. 



" There are at the present time ten employees: the three dairy- 

 men above mentioned, three men for delivery and three men who 

 operate the plant, and one bookkeeper. 



" The advantage of this method of handling the city milk supply 

 is apparent. If at any time it is found on inspection that any of the 

 contributors to this station are producing milk under conditions 

 which are not satisfactory, a notice to the producer from the plant 

 is sufficient to prevent the sale of this milk. The fact that our 

 general milk supply is pasteurized does not in any way deter either 

 the dairymen or the inspectors from insisting upon the production 

 of clean milk. 



" I believe that the result of the central dairy plant experiment 

 has fostered and very greatly increased the dairy business; that 

 the dairymen receive more for their products; that the consumer 

 receives a higher grade of milk at a less cost, and that two-thirds of 



