Introduction 



need for an educational movement advocat- 

 ing an additional payment in return for the 

 observance of proper hygienic and esthetic 

 precautions, and it should not be forgotten 

 that the improvement of the milk used by 

 those who live in comfort and luxury tends 

 to the betterment of that served to the poor. 



THE TRANSPORTATION OF MILK. 



The great distance from which milk is now 

 brought to New York is hardly appreciated 

 by the public. On the north, farmers send 

 milk almost from the Canadian border, and 

 on the west from almost as far as Buffalo. 

 When milk was consumed on the farm or 

 delivered to a neighboring town, simple pre- 

 cautions sulHced to supply a fairly whole- 

 some milk, but now that distances have be- 

 come so great, much more care and thought 

 must be given to its collection and transpor- 

 tation. The railroads bringing milk to New 

 York designate two forms of milk trains — 

 the long haul trains, transporting milk one 

 hundred and fifty to three hundred miles, 



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