58 THE MARKETING OF WHOLE MILK 



greater expense of daily delivery of the milk and the re- 

 turn of the whey. Farmers seldom find it profitable to 

 haul farther than from three to five miles to a cheese 

 factory, and indeed the latter distance is rather unusual. 



FIG. 5. A Condensery and Its Patrons. Prepared by L. G. Foster for Wis. 

 Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 285. 



There is scarcely a town of any size that does not have 

 one or more ice-cream factories. Such a factory may be 

 operated in connection with a city milk plant, a creamery, 

 a candy factory, or an ice-cream parlor, or it may be a 

 separate plant. Ice-cream factories usually pay somewhat 

 higher prices than do creameries. The demand for ice 



