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MILK SURVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 



mind, the figure .003500 is suggested as a fair basis for the loss on sur- 

 plus for Rochester under a centralized system. This would mean an an- 

 nual loss of $99,118 under a centralized system, a saving of .000737 per 

 quart, and an annual saving of $20,858. 



Having now shown in detail the possible savings in labor, factory 

 expenses, loss on surplus, and freight, these items can be assembled to- 

 gether to show the total possible savings under a centralized system. This 

 summary appears in Table. No. 81. 



TABLE No. 81 



FINAL SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED SAVINGS UNDER 

 CENTRALIZED SYSTEM 



From Table No. 81 it appears that the total cost of selling milk in 

 the City of Rochester under the present system is .0579 per quart, amount- 

 ing to a yearly cost of $1,641,254, while under the centralized system the 

 cost would be .0372 per quart, or $1,056,105 per year. Under the cen- 

 tralized system the savings therefore would be .02 per quart, and $585,149 

 per year. 



MILK SALES 



The sale of milk by the City of* Rochester at the prices charged by 

 each class of dealers has been assembled in the form of a tabulation with 

 the object of showing the prices charged by dealers handling under 500 

 quarts, dealers handling from 501 to 1,000 quarts, and from 1,000 quarts 

 and upwards. 



It is commonly believed that the small dealers charge less money 

 for milk than the large dealers. The daily sales of milk for each of these 

 groups of dealers and for each class of milk, including retail bottled milk, 

 wholesale bottled milk, and wholesale canned milk, have been put together 

 and presented in Table No. 82. 



