The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-17
no CONDENSE MILK.
..., TO BE ERECTED AT AN
S'0 pERSoN, IND.

an he EstaDiinhe"
~ MIX condensing indus'r'-S'"s
ss From other states
,,,r If n milk condensing ex-
the 49,, station for Indiana has been
perllnei lle,,red for Anderson, lnd., ana
recently ore signed whereby the =. 4.
contract ., Sons company Of Detroit Will
Rodgers 20 the finest stations In the world
erec' ono ,nt IL Is shown that better
at TINS poh 10 realized from milk delivered
prom S"n factory prices than are pos.
OF con 1'",', wheat mt $3.50 bushel, ana
sble ilo, ar,ments in this city VIII be
,rstcbed with interest .,. ,,a,s,rv
had wonderful growth III tno ohiOeu
s sa' es The 81 plants when are alreauy
n :" Oneration produced during ,no year
IN s;pc Nov. about 500, ooo, ooo wor'h Vi
euu unlicensed milk at retail prices. inc cost
o 80 uroduction is figured more precisely
I'd reaches sos 900, 600.
"" ~, rorsons have any idea OF the hinouro
,.,onev realized from the mix prouuceu
Of ,n,ericon cows @. II. Rodgers, VINO
py A~ - rho head of the milk condensing
s'anuo ,.s 90 America and whose headquar-
in'e ara in Detroit, gives some very inter
~is :" ,nformation in connection with the
e ISdnstry in the United States lie says:
iH Hwhiio New York leads In point of fac
los and product, probably tho best re-
~. ond tests are now being obtained In
Sui.s and In Michigan, though Illinois
nonIv nine and Michigan five refiner-
49, Fipin. Ills, is one of the best locali-
t s' IN tbe nation to illustrate farming in
.a.osts II lam not mistaken, land around
I'll was selling for 500 less 10 the acre
tasroro rho three milk condensing plants
'"aro LOCATED at that point. Farmers, as u
Neral thing. were raising wheat and
Corn for market purposes and were get
,,na little return. They had fixed the
nrice of their land in proportion to their
Income from it, | am under the impress
,lOn that land cannot be bought around
TIoin now for less than Sl26 an acre and
that from that figure 1t runs up to S2io
an acre. l think you will also IND that
land that is just rs good and located oven
closer TO Chicago sells for third or half
less. Farmers, as general thing, nave
given ND raising wheat for GO TO 90 cents
a bushel and have gone into raising COWS
and selling the milk product
1.-THE largest plant in the world is at
lansing. Mich, and it uses 100, 900 pounds
Of milk day. Elgin has the second lar
pest plant in the world. 1t takes in 100,
GOO mounds of milk daily, and the third
largest. at Brewster, n. Y, takes in So,
600 pounds. Tho Lansing plants ship
1000 cans of Compounds each Co New York
city daily. Almost all of the EIgin pro-
duction is used in Chicago. AS n general
thing condensed milk sells Mt 1914 %
mound, though in some sections of the
country it sells as high as Sla pound.
In this connection there are some inter
esting facts concerning the milk consump-
ton of Chicago and New York. Now
York is the only city in the nation which
has milk commission which inspects and
keeps account of all milk brought into the
city. All milk is tested or is supposed TO
be tested. Boston and Philadelphia have
commissions, but they amount to nothing,
and no records are kept. Chicago lets
milk, good or bad, come in haphazard.
From the New York reports for the month
Of October, 1885, it Is shown that there
was daily average of 90, 739 cans OF fresh
milk holding ten gallons each and l 1881
cases of 4S pound cans of condensed milk
and cream received in that city for daily
consumption
BY milk experts " is figured, according
to population, Chicago consumes one
eighth more milk than does New York
city. Three-fOurths of all of the milk re-
ceived in Chicago is fresh; the rest is con-
densed. Taking all of the large cities Of
the world, Chicago probably gets the best
plain milk. The estimated sum paid daily
for milk in New York at present is $40, :
900. Chicago pays about 81, 900, according
TO rough estimates.
The average milk of the United States
contains about l211 to - per cent OF total
solids. The principal solids arc butter fat,
SH per cent; casein, 8 per cent; milk sug
ar per cent. There Is trace of albu
men and half hundred different solids
which vary with locality and season, but
all OF these combined would hardly make
noticeable trace
The milk condensing process is secret,
nut In the main it is simply reduction OF
volume by three-fourths and the addition
OF 40 per cent of sugar. 1t las to be treat
90 scientifically, and the boiling is one of
tne most trying of all processes. The evap-
oration Is accomplished in vacuum. Milk
NV Ooh uJ ilO degrees on any TWO
Jays In the year, and each time il requires
inherent treatment Otherwise 1t would
ury up In the cans or explode. Machinery
ior the work is delicate and very complete
90 secret are the processes that there are
inherent men for different departments,
anu they are not permitted to gain u knowl.
esge OF the entire process.
ohly the very best milk Is accepted. II
not only has to DO absolutely fresh, clean
ana unauthorized, but it must contain
.he required animal fats and solids. If it
.aiis even one-tenth of per cent under
,ne requirement, it will not be accepted
every can of milk must be thoCoushly
s'erilized before it win pass through the
processes.
Inc average price paid for milk by con-
ysnsing plants last year was $l.10 a hun
urea and by creameries "a cents. 1t is esti
mated that the average realized by farmers
~ putter manufactured by themselves
vas only 90 cents a hundrcdweight. The
a'erage COW will produce 25 pounds of
az. INK day, worth 20 cents. For 27O days
sne lotai Is S6s. 1t is figured that in the
central states the average cow costs ST. "a
year Tor maintenance.
.here are some very interesting facts
sonnected with the productiveness Of COWS
anu the quality Of milk. 1t varies greatly
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