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condition, the condition of the market may be such that the goods 

 cannot be sold at a profit, and if the market happens to take a 

 demoralizing slump, at the time the goods are ready to leave the 

 storage, the manufacturer may suffer heavy loss. This condition 

 has occurred repeatedly within the last ten years. 



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 hermet- 

 ically sealed cans, and the latter also in barrels, can safely be shipped 

 in ordinary box cars. The cases weigh from fifty to sixty-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 ob- 

 noxious 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 pro- 

 longed exposure to high temperatures causes the condensed milk 

 to deteriorate. 



CHAPTER XVIII 

 MARKETS 



A large proportion of the canned condensed milk, both sweet- 

 ened 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 consumption 



