The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-28
CONSUME ton OF
M|LK|N THE SOUTH.
Valuable Report Compiled by
Government Covers Virginia
Il and Other Cities.
QUANTITY USED is SMALL Y.
Richmond Only Southern City
Which Has Large Milk
Depot.
QUANTITY USED IS SMALL I. !.
ON Our Regular correspondent

seA{F (FrOm Our ltegulArb COTTcsPonueitJ
WASHINGTON, D. c.. May 27-The
Department OF Agriculture has recently
made Investigations into the milk supply
Of twenty-nIne southern cities. through
8 c. r. Doane, NJ. g.. special agent OF the
dairy division, bureau OF animal indus
try OF the department. The bulletin
calls attention to the fact that very
little has been known heretofore con-
corning the supply OF milk OF various cities
of the South for the reason that the
dairy Industry has not assumed the pro-
portions in that section that 1t has taken
on elsewhere
Comparatively little milk Is consumed
i In southern cities. The amount per
capita, In Richmond, Is not quite ones
half pint, which is about as high all
average as In any southern city. whilo;
at Pensacola It Is as low as one-flfth
pint. These were the only cities at
which anything like the approximate
amount OF milk consumed could be OBJ
etained. In Richmond very careful
and business like dairyn1an had collected
sthe figures Of the total milk sold. In
Z Mobile and Pensacola the amount OF milk
4 consumed was 30 small that 1t was not
hard to get the figures.
The following facts are given relative
to the consumption Of milk In various
Virginia and North Carolina cities:
Richmond.
Population. $1,000. Amount OF milk
sold daily. exclusive Of that produced
by family cows. 5000 gallons Perhaps
4 go family cows are kept in the city.
The following are the prices for dairy
products sold In the city: MIX rctaied
to consumers, to s cents per quart.
the greater part selling for Z cents per
quart; milk In gallon lots to hotels.
restaurants. etc. rs cents per gallon:
price paid for milk to producers by deal
ers, is cents per gallon In summer, IL
cents per gallon In winter; cream con-
taining rs per cent Of fat, 80 cents per
quart retail. ice cream made from 20
per cent. cream. s1.25 per gallon.
Richmond Is tho only city south OF
the Potomac With milk supply handled
in any manner similar to that of the
larger Northern cities. 1t Is the only
one Of the Southern cities which has
large city milk depot. handling the
greater part Of the milk consumed by
4 the inhabitants. Tho city has two such
establishments owned by private indi-
viduals. One OF these depots drives
twenty-five wagons and does business
comparing favorably in extent with the
dairies OF Northern cities. In the gen-5
eral plan OF handling the. milk and IN
modern improvements these two dairiess
are equal or superior to the greater mum a
Der OF similar establishments in#the
81 North. The milk Is handled much the
same. though the locality influences this
TO some extent No milk is shipped
a greater distance than IS miles. the
4 greater part being produced by herds
K kept within driving distance OF the city,
I The farmers milk very early In the morn
Ing and afternoon and deliver the milk
to the depots as soon as possible With
out cooling. Here 1T is Immediately run
over the coolers, the temperature belns
reduced to below fifty degrees F. The;
mornings milk is delivered In the ar
.ernoon and the evenings milk In the.
morning, tho milk being at the time OF
delivery almost eight hours old lin one
Ease and Is hours old in tho other. This
Is a much shorter period from producer
;. 10 consumer than will be found In most
Northern cities, and is duo to tho fact
that the producers live within delivering
distance OF the city. AS the milk Is
.ompa ratively well handled after reach
ing the city dairy, the consumers should
q receive a very good article.
In regard to the rest OF the milk. de-.
uyered direct from the farms to the
consumers, not 50 much can be. said
Il The recently established milk inspection
lnsures good quality in compositions. but
{ It is very likely. rs regards the sanitary
conditions OF tho stables and handling
Of the milk before 1t reaches the con-
yumer, that there Is much to be desired. ).
Is is the case In every city 1t IS
tkely that as the inspection becomes
more thorough the general condition OF
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