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month are charged with the milk on the bill. Some loss of -this 

 kind and from breakage is unavoidable until the paper milk bottle 

 comes into general use. The surest way of escaping loss of milk 

 bottles, which is one of the most serious causes of disaster, and also 

 loss in collection, is through the use of tickets. Patrons must be 

 instructed not to place milk tickets in empty milk bottles, as they 

 otherwise will invariably do. The tickets stick to the bottom of the 

 wet bottle and cannot be readily removed by the driver of the de- 

 livery wagon. If milk sells for ten cents a quart and a customer be- 

 gins to take one quart of milk daily he may be sold a package of ten 

 tickets for one dollar. Then the first day two tickets are withheld, 



Fig. 5°- 



Delivery Basket. A heavier pattern is now sold, made of 

 metal strips, and is more serviceable. 



one paying for the milk and the other for the bottle. If the bottle 

 is returned the following day and another bottle of milk is delivered, 

 then the customer gives but one ticket to the milkman. But if the 

 first bottle is not returned, then the milkman takes two tickets the 

 second day and so on. Every returned bottle by a customer means 

 that he receives a ticket or credit for a ticket for each bottle returned. 

 And an empty bottle is regarded of the same value as one quart of 

 milk. If for any reason a responsible customer is out of tickets and 

 cannot pay for more at the moment of arrival of the milkman, the 

 latter gives the customer a package of tickets and requests the cus- 

 tomer to sign a regular receipt for same. A bill for the tickets 



