198 Co-operative Dairying in England. [July, 



gallons, in order to make up the deficit, at a price Jd. per gallon 

 higher than the contract price, that 2±d. is deducted from the 

 farmer's account. If, on the other hand, the farmer chooses to 

 send more than 105 gallons, he is paid the contract price on 

 105 gallons, the surplus milk being sold by the Society on his 

 behalf, and the price obtained, whether above or below the 

 contract price, handed to him ; although, of course, if the farmer 

 can and does give the Society's representative at Stratford notice 

 beforehand that he is going to send in a larger quantity of milk 

 than he has contracted to supply, the representative may be able 

 to get a price higher than that named in the contract. 



Contracts have been entered into with retail traders all over 

 the East of London, and, as far as possible, the milk supplied 

 by the farmers is distributed to the various stations as circum- 

 stances require, so as to avoid unnecessary expense in bringing 

 all the milk to a common centre. Thus, if a dealer in Forest 

 Gate required 80 gallons daily, and there is a member under 

 contract with the Society to supply from 95 to 105 gallons daily 

 such member is instructed to send 80 gallons daily to Forest Gate 

 Station, it being part of his contract that he shall send the milk 

 to whatever station the Society shall require. The remaining 

 15 to 25 gallons he sends to Stratford Market Station, where it 

 is received by the Society's representative. 



If a dealer to whom milk is being directly consigned by 

 a member receives short quantity on any occasion he com- 

 municates with the Society's representative at Stratford, who 

 sends him milk to make up the amount contracted for. 



Of the milk sent to Stratford, some is distributed by the 

 Society's wholesale van amongst the retail dealers with whom 

 the Society has contracts, and who wish it to be delivered at 

 their own places of business ; the surplus is sold in the market 

 either to retail dealers or to other wholesale buyers. The milk is, 

 generally speaking, kept in the churns in which it was consigned 

 by the farmers, but no attempt is made (except in special cases) 

 to keep the various lots separate, and if there are two churns, 

 each half full, the milk is poured from one to the other to save 

 the space and trouble involved by carrying both. 



Sometimes, when there is a glut in the market, it is necessary 

 for the Society to hold over milk from one day to the next. 



