MARKET MILK BUSINESS OF DETROIT, MICH., IN 1915. 



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trip, depending upon the length of the route. The varying costs on 

 different routes at a single country station for country collecting are 

 shown in Table VII. 



Table VII. — Cost of collecting milk, by routes, June, 1915. 



Number of route. 



Number 



of 

 patrons. 



Pounds of 

 milk. 



Paid by 

 farmers. 



Paid by 

 company. 



Average 

 total cost 



per 

 hundred- 

 weight. 



1... 



6 

 14 

 11 

 13 

 14 

 20 

 23 

 16 

 11 



4 



29,113 

 41, 380 

 32, 402 

 35, 815 

 30,242 

 67,911 

 60,732 

 48,544 

 43, 153 

 11,629 



$29. 11 

 60.51 

 32.40 

 46.18 

 45.96 



117. 72 

 91.09 

 76.76 

 43.16 

 14.09 





$0. 100 



2 



$75. 00 

 32.40 

 75.00 

 87.50 



117. 72 

 91.09 

 76.76 

 60.00 

 14.09 



.327 



3 



.199 



4 



.338 



5 



.441 



6 



.346 



7 



.299 



8 



.316 



9 



.239 



10 



.242 







TRANSPORTATION OF MILK TO THE CITY. 



A large portion of the milk produced within a radius of 20 miles 

 of Detroit was " trucked " to the city plants either by team or by au- 

 tomobile, but the greater part of the total monthly receipts of milk 

 and cream was shipped on either steam or electric railroads. Table 

 VIII gives the total quantities of milk and cream (both sweet and 

 sour) which were received in Detroit during the month of July, 1915. 



Table VIII. — Quantities of milk received in Detroit during July, 1915. 



Means of transportation. 



Gallons. 



Per cent 

 of total. 





630, 990 

 637, 860 

 239,780 



41.8 



Electric roads 



42.3 





15.9 







Total 



1,508,630 



100.0 







The electric lines provided milk cars with side-extension decks 

 which permitted two tiers of cans, while the shipments on steam roads 

 were handled in ordinary baggage cars. The farmers delivered their 

 milk to the shipping stations early in the morning, and most of it 

 arrived in Detroit by noon of the same day. Very little milk was in 

 transit more than 4 hours. In warm weather it was " precooled " 

 either on the farm or at the country milk stations before it was 

 shipped, as refrigeration was not provided (except in one instance) 

 by the roads. 



Table IX gives a comparison of the milk and cream tariffs (effec- 

 tive August 1, 1915) for shipments of 10-gallon cans of milk or cream 

 into Detroit on the various transportation lines. 



