UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 639 



■ Joint Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry, JOHN R. MOHLER, Chief 

 and the Bureau of Markets, CHARLES J. BRAND, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



February 15, 1918 



THE MARKET MILK BUSINESS OF 

 DETROIT, MICH., IN 1915 



By 



CLARENCE E. CLEMENT, Dairy Division, Bureau of Animal Industry 

 and GUSTAV P. WARBER, Bureau of Markets 



CONTENTS 



> Page 



Economic Phases of the Market Milk Business . 1 



Market Demands and Sources of Supply 2 



Buying Milk from Farmers V . 4 



Prices Paid to Farmers 4 



Collecting and Handling Milk in the Country 8 



Cost of Collecting Milk at Country Stations 10 



Transportation of Milk to the City .. . ' 11 



Cost of Milk Delivered to the City 13 



Trade Demands in Detroit 14 



Preparing Milk for City Distribution . 16 



Before Compulsory Pasteurization 16 



After Compulsory Pasteurization 17 



Capital Invested and Cost of Handling Milk at City Plants .... IS 



,City Distribution of Milk 19- 



Summary of Comparative Costs of Handling and Distributing Milk . . 23 



Conclusions 27 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1918 



