MARKET MILK BUSINESS OF DETROIT, MICH., IN 1915. 11 
trip, depending upon the length of the route. The varying costs on 
different routes at a single country station for country collecting are 
shown in Table VII. 
TaBLeE VII.—Cost of collecting milk, by routes, June, 1915. 
emit zs oraee 
. umber : F total cost 
Number of route. of Pounds of paid by aay per 
patrons. : 7 pany. | hundred- 
weight. 
Tis ho I i eh 8 I ed nen ee 6 29, 113 beat ya UM 2a oo Ree $0. 100 
NT eRe Meier i MRA. SO EE Ne ee 14 41, 380 60. 51 $75. 00 
S55 Ss ts SES Sy Lele eae ln a a 11 32, 402 32. 40 32. 40 199 
Ai 5 Sodas BSRERE Hon SS Be OCG EE eaten NEE eee 13 35, 815 46.18 75. 00 338 
Be stool oe a ae ere a eee ee eis eee 14 30, 242 45. 96 87.50 441 
Oo SG S 56s pas Sito LESBOS See eee eerie 20 67, 911 117.72 117.72 346 
UssoctocSopeu seo geen td Gee Sao eee ee ree 23 60, 732 91.09 91.09 299 
oo SG ba Sees Se CS See CIE Ais He ieee ree ne 16 48, 544 76. 76 76. 76 316 
ee et saps ie ae Mal res re Sate 11 43,153 43.16 60. 00 239 
IDs ols AGB SRM eo Oe ASICS eer ee een en ee am 4 11, 629 14. 09 14. 09 242 
TRANSPORTATION OF MILK TO THE CITY. 
A large portion of the milk produced within a radius of 20 miles 
of Detroit was “trucked” to the city plants either by team or by au- 
tomobile, but the greater part of the total monthly receipts of milk 
and cream was shipped on either steam or electric railroads. Table 
VIII gives the total quantities of milk and cream (both sweet and 
sour) which were.received in Detroit during the month of July, 1915. 
TABLE VIII.—Quantities of milk received in Detroit during July, 1915. 
, Per cent 
Means of transportation. Gallons. eitotall 
” Steam roads...........- PRM hie ie i hes NONE ROY | 630, 990 41.8 
PHICELTICMOACS eee ite ea ener tres Ea Sh) AN EE Gerry ay Ein ee yo kay 637, 860 42.3 
EAS OLA LOMO DINE UEUCKS Se seo occ eeke aise Sao coereios lca awicelarecw so be ceme ces eris 239, 780 15.9. 
TRO Gb SG Eee es SRS ey Se eR a a aga 1, 508, 630 100.0 
The electric lines provided milk cars with side-extension decks 
which permitted two tiers of cans, while the shipments on steam roads 
were handled in ordinary baggage cars. The farmers delivered their 
milk to the shipping stations early in the morning, and most of it 
arrived in Detroit by noon of the same day. Very little milk was in 
transit more than 4 hours. In warm weather it was “ precooled ” 
either on the farm or at the country milk stations before it was 
shipped, as refrigeration was not provided (except in one instance) 
by the roads. 
Table IX gives a comparison of the milk and cream tariffs (effec- 
tive August 1, 1915) for shipments of 10-gallon cans of milk or cream 
into Detroit on the various transportation lines. 
