New-York tribune., 1883-03-12
LONG ISLAND.
TIE CITT'S MILK SUPPLY.
OVER HALF A MILLION QUARTS DAILY.
HOW TILE MILK Is BROUGHT HERR AND HOW IT is
DISTRIBUTED.

DISTRIBUTED.
The milk business III NewYork was the
topic OF conversation recently between IPIhUNE re-
nnrter and one OF the milk dealers. The aIouIb of
milk brought the city daily Il SAID to exceed hai
million quarts Besides what Is eronght Irou, Ine sur
rounding country, Long Island, New-Jer.ey nouiheih
New York. Connecticut, aDd western MASSACHUSETTS,
sne dealers keep the city and supply their Gus
toners a Increased rates becanse OF the supposed purity
OF this milk. The greater pari OF the MIX ls tfnfPOteI
to this city In holding forty quarts ehch mere he
receiving epots ut the tcrmni OF the railroads wnere
the arge wagons OF the deaer- are loaded on te arrival
of the milk trains ut very early honr earh inorhne mug
The large lcalcrS sometimes supply 'te s,in't y h,,
and both distribute the mix to the ianlrs on thel.
respective routes. The supplying OF 100000 quarts oil
milk consumers every da1 Il large nnslness aihy
men are engaged and large capital invested III the
work MILK routes have regular market Nhlhe anu
are bought and sold Ike other property One OF tho
large d-ribut ng agencies IA n regularly Incorporated
and iLs other In One -hundred-aud- twenty lftl-st
The stock IA oEncd by both The drivers 81 e wagons
and their empoyerz IL has been found that this partc-
ipatlon IN the profits is mutually ADVANTAGEOUS II
ian wishes be employed 10 take charge o MIA ro aie.
he uy stock OF 5000 and an agreement Ii
made by which he Is To begin work ANA receive certain
salary re , 70 m b,dcuarters lie Ia charged
with the milk he receives ana Ii esedl'ed Win 'he
xncthcr large milk firm has recently erected building
M sixty third aud Park ave- where the employca
live ami which IL made the central depot OF distribution
TI building il nsty feet front, four stories bi II con
strcted OF brick With Dorchester stone trhhhg-' inc
general Office the ground hoor ana spehAng tubes
rnn thence to all parts Of the building There Is sa-
cous door and driveway leading TO the rear oi o main
Office where twenty two mix wagons may eoietnes "e
seen drawn MP ready for departure In one corner Is
r.
the trains the cans In whic the mhs hH ,h % ,
are AZ once enpted aud sent back To the ihfnS from
whence they came Zach ariyer o % 10 u.
accommodation for the horses OF the company On tue
second noOr large dining room for TIE men employed
well ~ ktcheh' tic me WI ur '5 ,Jo, a,,',s ~, 49,
seeping apartments which are comfortably ntrd~ up.
Here also bath rooms room for drying ciothhf ~
stormy weather ana a Ioane ioul ~" nm lii g.,
meut distributes about 5000 quarts OF inllk uhy 10
meas with outfit consisting OF only single horse ana
wagon and dealers make butter OF the mix they
There have been many instances o. comfortable prop
critics accumulated from small beginnngs IN the MIX
b.iurss The proprietor OF butter stOrc IN the upper
part the city began with single tuD OF butter anu
a daily can OF nilk both Bought on credit He aud his
wife lived in AZ the OI the store by indus
try economy and honesty they built up good business
of the city which he could sell for 100000 The com
petition greater than forty years ago he sad In
speakng OF hs success and the Held too is greater
There are dealers who make specially OF supplying
milk from highly bred ows such hs Jerseys. AldeIry
and Ayrshrs The milk finds ready sale ut twelve ana
even fteen cents quart. anxious some persons
10 secure an extra quality OF milk wealthy families
in some cases have mix sent 10 'heh from tnoii o"h
| country places.
MILK FROM DISEASED COWS.
man in the milk business gave II as his opinion re
the 9ctoIneter 10 detect SKINNED watcrcd mils they
could not tell whether milk drawn from disenscd
Both Skinned milk and that in which there
Of cream furnish high registry; he continued This
may be avoided by removing the cascinc and making u
hifate. The specific gravity might st be Kept up by
the nd lton OF salt. though this probably would be
cnsed cows has proved. A Long Island dairyinan,
IN abatement the superintendent OF Agriculture,
asserted that pcurO pneumonia had existed In his herd
of mcl for the Iart twenty years. The How OF
milk WAS les.encd only during the first Few days OF the
fever When the flow milk was suspended II was dur
| ing the extreme heat Of summer aud when the
disease had attained ts violent stage chemical
annyss Of this milk showed only increased quantity
of alhumen There IL u stringent law against the bring
ing of bob veal into the market There In no nw how
ever against mixing colostrun with milk. COlOstrum Ia
natures cathare wihc purpose when taken
l the This product always continues three four
dnys after has calved, and has Deen known
I, pres ut IN milk for twenty days nfterward. II.
| therefore this milk containing colostnim Ia mixed
darrhGal diseases and tend To increase the mortality Of
| children"
| DR. D. +. Brush OF Mt. Vernon, who has spent much
time IN studying the milk uppy Of the city, mas given II
as hs opuiOn kumy prepared from cows milk has
the milk itself for feeding infans This
dne he SAYS the fact that the milk OF cud
animals like the cOaguates into hard under
the action digestive crment. The young OF such
mals mnatc The milk of cud wing animals
NOT coaglae In dgesting In kunyss the
coagulaed and resubylded aud will not again coaguate
The amount casenr In milk II in inverse ratio To the
sugar In IT, latter diminishing ana the sugar increasing
according health Of the The milk Of rumi-
mating animals the largest amount OF caseine.
| w. T. Richardson. the president Of the Erie MIX Pro-
duccrs Association, said To the reporter that the men
| who try TO palm OF skinned milk the public could
not argue truthfuy that u was necessary 10 sell skim
med milk In the city prevent its being waste pro-
ticc and with little ndmixture OF other feed could be
fattened for market lie said that skimmed milk could
be used very prohtaby In this way aud II not
4 sary In usk people TO consume IL.