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tanks occupy the space in the center of the building and extend 

 from near the ceiling of the first floor up into the room of the 

 floor above. 



The milk as it comes in is run through a special milk cleaner 

 which throws out the dirt and sediment in milk in much the same 

 way as a separator. The bowl is several feet in diameter but it 

 is not run at so high a speed as the separator. From this cleaner 

 the milk is pumped into the second floor where it passes over 

 coolers and then into these, storage tanks. 



A very ingenious arrangement is provided for storing the 

 milk in these storage tanks when it is drawn off the bottom into 

 the cans from which it is delivered. The milk is retailed from 

 house to house in thirty wagons, about one-half of which are 

 hand wagons or push carts. These are two-wheeled carts that 

 carry one large can holding 120 quarts, and a box for milk in 

 bottles. 



The Gerber company has no dealings with the customers 

 to whom it sells milk, but the milk is bought by the man who 

 delivers it. These men are paid $30 per month and four per cent 

 of their gross receipts. They must be responsible for collecting 

 the bills for all milk sold. This puts the milk business on a 

 much more satisfactory basis than is the case when the owner of 

 a milk establishment must deal directly with the consumer and 

 trust to the efficiency of the men delivering milk to get new cus- 

 tomers and obtain his pay for the milk they sell. 



English City Milk Supply. 



In England the ruling price of milk is eight cents per quart 

 in small quantities. One English quart is equal to one quart, 

 plus one-fourth pint United States measure. Milk is often 

 delivered three times a day, at 5:30 a. m., 9:30 a, m. and 1:30 

 p. m. 



The milk wagons are called "milk floats." These are one- 

 horse, two-wheeled carts carrying a large brass or tin can which 

 is called a "churn" and holds 18 gallons. Hand carts are also 

 pushed around town by men and on the rail around the top of 



