Chapter IX. 



oxarz" mile: dexjI^tei5~2"_ 



The City Mile Trade — Cooling .Mile fob Transportation — Different 

 Patterns of Mile-Cans— t Model Deliveby Wagon — Depot Refbigeea- 

 tob — Koumiss — Its Value — Formulas fob its Manufacture. 



Treatment of Milk for the City Trade. 



THE city milk trade has become a separate and distinct branch 

 of the dairy business. The preparation of milk so that it will 

 beat transportation long distances, and remain sweet two or 

 three days, has tasked' the ingenuity of our dairymen for a number 

 of years. 



Fig. 936 —Delivery Milk-cans. 



Experiments which were made some five or six years ago, seeml 

 to have disproved the theory that it is esse'ntial to cool milk after it 

 comes from the cow, in order to enable it to bear transportation. 

 In these experiments milk was strained into cans immediately upon 

 coming from the cow, .and when so treated it was found to stand 

 travel better than when previously cooled. The important fact was 

 brought out in these experiments, that the essential point is to seal 



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