UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 639 
Joint Contribuiion from the Bureau of Animal Industry, JOHN R. MOHLER, Chief 
and the Bureau of Markets, CHARLES J. BRAND, Chief 
_ Washington, D. C. : February 15, 1918 
THE MARKET MILK BUSINESS OF 
DETROIT, MICH., IN 1915 
By 
CLARENCE E. CLEMENT, Dairy Division, Bureau of Animal Industry 
and GUSTAV P. WARBER, Bureau of Markets 
CONTENTS 
Economic Phases of the Market Milk Business 
Market Demands and Sources of Supply .. 
Buying Milk from Farmers ....... » 
Prices Paid to Farmers . . . . « « « « 
Collecting and Handiing Milk in the Country . 
Cost of Collecting Milk at Country Stations 
Transportation of Milk to the City .. . 
- Cost of Milk Delivered to the City . .... 
Trade Demands in Detroit .....-+-«- 
Preparing Milk for City Distribution ... . 
Before Compulsory Pasteurization . .. . 
After Compulsory Pasteurization . 
Capital Invested and Cost of Handling Milk at City Plants 
City Distribution of Milk . . . . «© «© «© © © © © © e© © © 
Summary of Comparative Costs of Handling and Distributing Milk 
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