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the trials of storage, he will find it advisable not to manufacture 
more than he can promptly dispose of. Even at best, the con- 
densed milk will be from three to six months old before it is all 
consumed, and, if it is at all subject to deterioration, the sooner 
it is consumed the better. 
TRANSPORTATION. 
The plain condensed bulk milk and concentrated milk are 
highly perishable products. If shipped considerable distances 
they should be placed in refrigerator cars. 
The evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk in her- 
metically sealed cans, and the latter also in barrels, can safely 
be shipped in ordinary box cars. The cases weigh from fifty 
to six-five pounds, and the barrels from three hundred to seven 
hundred pounds. Care should be taken that the cars used for 
this purpose are clean and did not previously carry goods with 
strong and obnoxious odors, such as fertilizers, as these odors 
are prone to follow. the condensed milk to its destination. Strong 
box cars, in good repair only, should be used. Even at best, 
the cases and cans suffer more or less damage in transportation. 
Cars with leaky roofs should be condemned, as transportation in 
them may cause the package to suffer in appearance. If shipped 
on steamboats, it should be specified to stow the cases away from 
the boiler room, as prolonged exposure to high temperatures 
causes the condensed milk to deteriorate. 
CuHaptéer XVIII. 
MARKETS. 
A large proportion of the canned condensed milk, both 
sweetened and unsweetened, supplies localities, territories and 
countries where the dairy industry is yet in its infancy, or 
where geographic and climatic conditions bar the profitable 
husbandry of the dairy cow. ‘Thus, we find some of the best 
condensed milk markets in the tropics, in the arctic regions, in 
the army and navy, on ocean liners and in mining and lumber 
camps. In these markets condensed milk has, in many cases, 
become as great a necessity as fresh milk is to the inhabitants 
within the temperate zone. The wastage and the decreased 
