. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. Kfl UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULLETIN No. 639 Joint Contribntlon from the Bureau of Animai Industry, JOHN R. MOHLER, Chief and the Buredu 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 Page Economic Phases of the Market Milk Business 1 Market Demands and Sources of Supply 2 Buying Milk from Farmer
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. Kfl UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULLETIN No. 639 Joint Contribntlon from the Bureau of Animai Industry, JOHN R. MOHLER, Chief and the Buredu 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 Page Economic Phases of the Market Milk Business 1 Market Demands and Sources of Supply 2 Buying Milk from Farmers 4 Prices Paid to Farmers 4 Collecting and Handling Milk in the Ccantry 8 Cost of Collecting Milk at Country Stailons 10 Transportation of Milk to the City 11 Cost of Milk Delivered to the City 13 Trade Demands in Detroit 14 Preparing Milk for City 'Distribution ....- 16 Before Compulsory Pasteurization .16 After Compulsory Pasteurization 17 Capital Invested and Cost of Handling Milk at City Plants .... 18 City Distribution of Milk Id' Summary of Comparative Costs of Handling and Distributing Milk . 23 Conclusions 27. WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1918. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , Govt. Print. Off.
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