114 MANAGEMENT OF DAIRY PLANTS 



The Cooperative System of Delivery. — By this system 

 patrons conveniently located join in changing off in hauling 

 their products to the creamery. Such an association of patrons 

 is usually known as a club. This method of delivery has these 

 advantages over the individual system: First it reduces the 

 time required by each individual for hauling; second, more 

 distant producers can deliver their products at a profit, and 

 third, the work of receiving at the creamery is somewhat re- 

 duced. This system is practically the same as the individual 

 system and the same methods adopted for the individual sys- 

 tem apply to the cooperative system. 



Route System of Delivery. — The route system is the method 

 of delivery by which the milk or cream is collected by a person 

 (the driver) who receives (from the patrons) a definite compen- 

 sation for service rendered. The driver may be hired by the 

 patrons or by the creamery to which he delivers, but if he re- 

 ceives his salary from the creamery the total amount paid for 

 his services should be deducted from the patrons' checks, in 

 proportion either to the amount of butter fat or to the pounds 

 of milk or cream delivered by each patron. 



The following advantages may be mentioned for this sys- 

 tem: First, it increases the territory of the creamery; routes 

 are successfully operated to a distance of from twelve to fif- 

 teen miles from the creamery. In some districts this system 

 has developed to the extent that the original routes receive 

 cream from sub-routes which start where the original routes 

 discontinue and cover territory still farther distant from the 

 creamery; second, distant patrons are always pleased to be 

 reUeved of hauling, especially during the summer season; third, 

 an able driver should be in a position to greatly increase the 

 patronage of the creamery; fourth, the cream collected on the 

 routes is usually of higher quality than that brought by individ- 

 uals, as it is as a rule collected at shorter and more uniform 

 intervals. 



Disadvantages may be mentioned as follows: First, cost 

 of hauling; if the cost of hauling exceeds three cents per pound 

 of butter fat in cream and five cents per pound of butter fat 



