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The figures obtained from the City of Rochester from the four large 

 milk companies whose accounts show losses on surplus have been applied 

 to the entire milk supply of the city. It is believed that such an estimate 

 of the annual Rochester loss on surplus is a fair one since the smaller 

 milk dealers as a rule sustain greater losses on surplus milk than do the 

 large milk dealers, for the reason that the small dealer is not equipped 

 with facilities for manufacturing his surplus milk to advantage. Conse- 

 quently, any estimate based on the loss on surplus of the large dealers is 

 more conservative than it is believed the actual losses of the small dealers 

 really are. 



On this basis figures for Rochester, together with the figures taken 

 from the other milk companies in the list, are presented in Table No. 80. 



TABLE No. 80 

 LOSS ON SURPLUS 



From Table No. 80 it appears that the loss per quart on the entire 

 milk supply of Rochester is .004237, and the annual loss $119,976. Some 

 of the milk companies in the list sustain greater losses than others. Com- 

 pany No. 4 is rated at .005 per quart on a basis of estimates made by 

 the Food Administrator of Philadelphia, whose allowance for all milk 

 dealers in that city for losses on surplus is ^ cent per quart. 



Company No. 8 is possessed of unusual facilities for the manufacture 

 and marketing of surplus milk, not only because its business is centralized, 

 but because it is connected with a large ice cream business. It is believed 

 that under a centralized system in Rochester similar advantages could be 

 obtained and therefore that it would be justifiable to assume that the loss 

 on surplus in Rocheser could be greatly reduced. With such a plan in 



