. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ^^mm- BULLETIN No. 1095 | J^^'^ru. Washington, D. C. Y October 12, 1922 PRODUCERS' COOPERATIVE MILK-DISTRIBUT- ING PLANTS. By O. B. Jesness/ Specialist in Cooperative Organization, W. H. Bakber/ As- sistant in Marketing Dairy Products, and A. V. Swaethout, Investigator in Market Business Practice, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and C. B. Clement, Market Milk Specialist, Dairy Division, Bureau of Animal Industry. Milk producers supplying a number of cities have undertaken to so
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ^^mm- BULLETIN No. 1095 | J^^'^ru. Washington, D. C. Y October 12, 1922 PRODUCERS' COOPERATIVE MILK-DISTRIBUT- ING PLANTS. By O. B. Jesness/ Specialist in Cooperative Organization, W. H. Bakber/ As- sistant in Marketing Dairy Products, and A. V. Swaethout, Investigator in Market Business Practice, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and C. B. Clement, Market Milk Specialist, Dairy Division, Bureau of Animal Industry. Milk producers supplying a number of cities have undertaken to solve some of their milk-marketing problems by the establishment of cooperative milk-distributing plants. The objects sought and the conditions which prompted the producers in their actions have been varied. In some instances a number of producers, each delivering direct to consumers, have sought to eliminate the duplication result- ing from their individual route-delivery services and to reduce the cost of distribution by establishing a cooperative plant with a cen- tralized delivery system. Difficulty in procuring necessary farm labor has been a factor in some instances in encouraging the estab- lishment ©f a central plant, since it enabled the producers to devote more time to production. Ordinances requiring tuberculin testing of all cows or the pasteuri- zation of all milk under strict sanitary regulations of the health de- partment have in some cases made it desirable for producers to estab- lish a cooperative milk-pasteurization plant in order to comply with the city ordinances. In some instances producers have purchased privately owned plants with a view to effecting greater efficiency and economy in handling and distributing their milk supplies. Low prices and alleged unfair treatment from private concerns sometimes have aroused action which has resulted in the establishment of coop- erative plants. Cooperative milk-distributing plants at present are located mostly in sm
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