MILK SURVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 125 



DRIVING RETAIL ROUTES AND WHOLESALE ROUTES 



Much difficulty is always encountered in drawing up a statement of 

 the cost of milk delivery, for the reason that some milk companies con- 

 duct a business almost wholly composed of retail milk, others a business 

 in which both retail and wholesale trade are factors, and others a busi- 

 ness which is practicaly limited to the wholesale trade. In the matter of 

 delivery wagons, some companies divide their business so that retail 

 milk is carried entirely by retail wagons, while wholesale milk is carried 

 by wholesale wagons. Other companies, on the other hand, carry all 

 classes of milk on the same wagons and conduct what is called a mixed 

 delivery system. In order to arrive at a fair estimate of the cost of milk 

 delivery, therefore, it is necessary to take into consideration these differ- 

 ent methods of delivery. Some of the companies which are delivering 

 milk at the lowest cost use the mixed delivery system, carrying all classes 

 of milk on the same wagons. In the City of Rochester the milk com- 

 panies represent all of the types of delivery above mentioned. 



A comparison of the cost of delivery in Rochester with the cost of 

 delivery by the other companies in the list is shown in Table No. 59. 



