. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . the cities,stopping at all of the small country stations and taking oncans of milk that have been left there at a still earlierhour by the farmer or dairyman. How many are therewho know or con-sider the hardshipsthat must neces-sarily be encounter-ed by somebodyelse in order toprevent theirgrumbling if themilkman does notmake his delivery intime for their coffee? Throughout thecivilized world, milkis in more generaluse than any otherfood. Its extreme-ly perishable natureand the necessityof handling it inthe most hygienicmanner makes itnecessary to carr
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . the cities,stopping at all of the small country stations and taking oncans of milk that have been left there at a still earlierhour by the farmer or dairyman. How many are therewho know or con-sider the hardshipsthat must neces-sarily be encounter-ed by somebodyelse in order toprevent theirgrumbling if themilkman does notmake his delivery intime for their coffee? Throughout thecivilized world, milkis in more generaluse than any otherfood. Its extreme-ly perishable natureand the necessityof handling it inthe most hygienicmanner makes itnecessary to carryit on fast passengertrains, giving express service adjusted for the amount of milk brought into the city each day isapproximately enough for one days the past few years there has been a remarkabledevelopment of the dairying business, and its mannerof handling has been revolutionized, largely by theearnest and conscientious efforts put forth by the dairy-men in bringing milk up to the sanitary requirements. of the Health Department. These conditions have madeit necessary for the railroads to give the milk service theirclosest attention and to place it under efficient manage-ment. When a contractor named Thaddeus Schick firstproposed in 1841, that the Orange County farmers shipmilk into New York, the farmers laughed at the he was later appointed agent at Chester, on what is now the Erie road. He finally succeed-ed in getting thescoffers to try theexperiment. A milkdepot was openedin New York, andmilk was shipped inthe crude churns ofthat day, instead ofcans, the freight be-ing charged for byweight. The milkreached the city ingood shape, as theweather was thencool, and immedi-ately created ademand, which ex-ceeded the next shipmentwas larger, andother farmers real-izing that there was more profit in selling milk in this waythan in making butter at fifteen cents a pound, begansending their milk to Mr. Sellick, the shipments increa
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