46 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mr. Ware. I believe that that statement is true, for I 

 went through that establishment, and I was particularly 

 struck with the perfectness of the system with Avhich the city 

 of Washington was supplied. It is called the " Alderney 

 Dairy " there ; not that they sell Alderney milk, altogether, 

 but they make milk of a uniform quality, that is much bet- 

 ter than the ordinary grade of milk that is usually supplied 

 in cities. The owner, Mr. Frank Ward, sells two grades of 

 milk ; one he calls " broken milk," and the other " Aklerney 

 milk," and the " Alderney milk " is made a higher grade 

 than the common grade of milk, by making a proper division. 

 They take some of the cream from the broken milk and add 

 it to the whole milk, to make it a better quality. That 

 whole milk, or the "Alderney milk," they sell for ten cents 

 a quart ; the broken milk, which is rather better than skim- 

 milk, they sell for five cents a quart, and the surplus is con- 

 verted into cheese and butter. He has some fifteen wagons, 

 and each wagon is loaded with the stock that- has been 

 ordered of the driver the day before — so much butter, so 

 much cream, so much whole milk, and so much broken milk 

 or skim-milk. An account is taken of all the stock which 

 each driver takes. The wagons are prepared at six o'clock 

 in the morning ; every man must be on the spot and take his 

 wagon ; if he is not there, the wagon goes all the same, an 

 extra man being put on. Mr. Ward wants his drivers only 

 to sell milk. They arc not expected to load their wagons 

 or unload them, or to take care of the horses, or harness 

 them ; their whole business is to sell the milk, and every- 

 thing else is prepared for them beforehand. When a wagon 

 returns, an account is taken of the stock that remains un- 

 sold, and with it the driver delivers an order stating what he 

 wants for his load the next day. He has charge of the load, 

 and what he takes out in the morning is returned in the 

 afternoon, or he is made accountable for it, so that Mr. 

 Ward loses nothing : the driver is held responsible for every 

 cent's worth that he has received. The establishment is con- 

 ducted on the factory or creamery system. At one part of 

 the establishment, the horses are kept — not near enough for 

 any of the effluvia of the stable to come in contact with the 

 milk. In another apartment he has conveniences for churn- 



