176 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



The next on the program is the handling of milk for city 

 milk supply and that of milk on the farm, by Mr. Benj. Hauk, 

 of St. Louis. Mr. Hauk is unable to be present and has handed his 

 paper to Mr. Trueman and will be read in connection with his 

 own paper. 



THE HANDLING OF MILK FOR THE CITY MILK SUPPLY. 



By Mr. Benj. Hauk, of St. Louis, Mo. 



For the past fifteen years I have been identified with one of 

 the largest milk companies in the city of St. Louis, and during 

 that time there has been many changes in the handling of the raw 

 product, both by the producer and by the distributor to the con- 

 sumer. 



The old way of handling the milk for distribution to the 

 consumer was, the milk would be received by us in and under all 

 conditions ; some would be warm, and there would be all varia- 

 tions in the percentage of butter fat. This milk would be all 

 dumped together, put in ice boxes filled with ice and water. The 

 next morning it would be distributed in the ordinary eight gal- 

 lon cans and served to customers in the old way of dipping from 

 the can into any old vessel the housewife might find convenient 

 the minute the driver called. A great many of these vessels 

 would be unfit for the receiving of milk, and the results were in a 

 very few hours the milk would become turned. Complaints were 

 numerous in those days, but since then, vast progress has been 

 made, as stated before. 



At the present time we have our milk shipped, mostly from 

 our own stations in the country, where the milk is properly hand- 

 led and taken care of. I especially refer to the stations along 

 the Vandalia line, which are under the special supervision of a 

 man who is thoroughly competent in the milk industry. 



This party has several creameries along the Vandalia road, 

 all of which are equipped with the most modern machinery for 



