CHAPTER XXX. 



MILK POWDER. 



Some economist has calculated that because milk is 

 nearly nine-tenths water the transportation of this natural 

 product costs ten times as much as it should. Figuring 

 on a basis of 2,000,000 quarts per day as New York City's 

 daily milk supply, he finds that the people are losing about 

 $17,500 per day. This is the expense of the shipping, 

 carting, hauling, bottling, etc., of the watery portion of the 

 milk. This means an annual loss, in N. Y., of $6,500,000 

 from this source. On this basis the national loss is esti- 

 mated to be about $63,000,000 per annum. 



Without accepting or discussing the accuracy of the 

 above calculations, or the necessity for bringing to the 

 consumer a natural, uncondensed product, we must admit 

 that there are many places where a good concentrated 

 milk could replace the bulky natural product, and where 

 milk in that form would be and is used when the natu- 

 ral milk cannot possibly be utilized. 



One pound of condensed or evaporated milk represents 

 but two to two and one-half pounds of raw milk, while one 

 pound of milk powder represents about eight pounds of 

 natural milk. 



Advantages of Milk Powder. — The chief desirable 

 results of reducing milk to powder may be summed up as 

 follows. This refers to milk powder made from skim milk. 



I. It is concentrated, making cost of package and trans- 

 portation the minimum. 



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