CITY MILK PLANTS! CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT. 



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The milk plant frequently can operate a laundry to advantage, 

 especially if the men's white working suits are washed by the plant. 

 If cleaned at the milk plant's expense the men will be more likely to 

 change them often. 



Aside from the general toilet facilities it is advisable to have a 

 washbowl, with soap and towels handy, in the milk-handling room. 

 Employees in the handling room often get their hands dirty from 

 setting up machinery, handling bottles, cases, etc., and it is essential 

 to have a convenient place for them to wash their hands before 

 handling sterilized bottles or engaging in other operations concern- 

 ing milk. 



Milk apparatus should be covered so as to expose the milk to air 

 as little as possible. This caution refers especially to vats, coolers, 

 and bottling machines. 



Those dealers who have a business large enough to warrant the 

 maintenance of a laboratory for the careful supervision of the 

 quality of milk are in a much better position to safeguard the milk 

 which goes out from their plants. 



COST OF PLANT. 



The amount of money that must be invested in a milk plant depends 

 primarily upon the volume of business to be carried on. Whether 

 it is desirable to erect an expensive building depends on local condi- 

 tions. To give some idea of the cost, Table 8 has been compiled to 

 show the investment in building at 84 representative milk plants of 

 different sizes. In some cases if sufficient capital is not available it 

 may be desirable to rent a building for a time rather than build a 

 new plant, but if a new one is built it is advisable to erect a 

 permanent, sanitary building of modern construction. While the 

 first cost may be high, the permanent nature of the building will 

 make the actual overhead expense for depreciation relatively small. 



Table 8, 



-Investment in buildings for milk plants of various sizes; stables or 

 garages for delivery equipment not included. 1 



Size of plant (gallons). 



Num- 

 ber of 

 plants. 



Milk handled 

 daily. 



Investment in milk 

 plant. 



Investment per 100 gallons 

 handled daily. 





Total. 



Average. 



Total. 



Average. 



Average. 



Variation. 



100 or less 



5 

 9 

 23 

 14 

 10 

 5 

 4 

 8 

 3 

 3 



Gallons. 

 430 

 1,935 

 9,065 

 10, 655 

 13,040 

 9,200 

 10,383 

 33,350 

 26,000 

 39,000 



Gallons. 



86 



215 



394 



761 



1,304 



1,840 



2,596 



4,169 



8,666 



13,000 



$9, 000 

 18,000 

 86,900 

 110,335 

 142, 546 

 116,000 

 127,074 

 436, 763 

 450, 000 

 534, 775 



SI, 800 



2,000 



3,778 



7,881 



14,254 



23,200 



31, 768 



54,595 



150, 000 



178, 258 



$2,093 

 930 

 958 

 1,036 

 1,093 

 1,261 

 1,224 

 1,309 

 1,731 

 1,371 



SI, 000 to 87, 143 

 217 to 3 000 



101to250 



251 to 500 



200 to 6,000 

 200 to 2,063 

 333 to 2 917 



501 to 1,000 



1,001 to 1,500 



1,501 to 2,000 



250 to 2,000 

 126 to 2 252 



2,001 to 3,000 



3,001 to5000 



268 to 2,000 



5,001 to 10,000 



1 250 to 2 500 



Over 10,000 



1 233 to 1 500 







Total or average 



84 



153,058 



1,822 



2,031,393 



24,183 



1,327 



126 to 7,143 



1 These figures are based on conditions n 1916-17. 



