New-York tribune., 1905-11-05

Ac,aII1, nurifed milk We want milk that Is
kept clean from the start and Delivered 10 ,n oL,o
customer at a temperature that VIII Keep udC-
teria from multiplying as soon after milking as
possible My farmer cools the milk tmmeolateiy
after milking and within fifteen minutes IL Is
bottled and packed in ice in galVanlzea lioI lroI
boxes which l designed myself. 1t Is delVeIeu
to the customers the same day on WIlch II
is milked. This naturally precludes me tne ptS poso
sihility of early morning delivery. OFTEN tho
milk is not delivered till o'clock IN the aLtet ii
noon but as 1 say to patrons who comPIdIiI pam
Of this: Is it not better to have the mornings
milk delivered at 3 o'clock In the aIteIi
than milk that is, nobody knows no" oiu' ue-
liyered In the morning? 49,, ~,
Mrs Andrews concluded her bargain with the
model dairy on Wednesday. and e.. the Ionow-
ing Monday she was delivering :ik IN IA oea9se dsv
She started with thirty gallons OF MIX {. Gay
one horse and wagon and one driver win @ ner
own house as headquarters The demand grew rev
so rapidly that she had to work early ana late
TO keep pace with it, even going so far as 10
drive one of her wagons herseh through the
streets of Seattle until II o'clock at nlghI. >.
81 wouldn't have done it for grown people,
she explained but 1 knew that babies were
dying for want of the milk, and they had 10
couldn't possibly supply the demand, but as long
as there was a bottle of milk in the store the
babies got it I often fed starving haples MY MY
self in the store, and often went without hlilh
for my family to let them have It.
yes. l have doubt that l saved many
lives Mothers were constantly telling me that
They call the babies who use my milk Mrs. An
drews's babies,' and l tall. personal interest
in each of them
and keep it up to a much higher standard than
the law requires. The law calls for per cent
of butter fat. This milk has per cent Inc
law requires that there shall not be more than
$4,000 bacteria to the cubic cent1metre average
Seattle milk contains about $4,000 and 1OOUO
is s11pposed to be a very high standard. This
milk has only $50, which is scarcely an appre-
ciable number The cows are also tested regu-
IarIy for tuberculosis, and they are the prettleSt
creatures that you ever saw.
at costs more, of course to produce mix IKE
this than to produce the ordinary dirty milk
that we have all used so long that we nave
forgotten what real milk tastes like. l charge
10 cents quart for mine. and give the farmer
q cents gallon instead of IS cents, which the
other dealers pay. But isn't 1t more economical
to pay 10 cents for milk that has per cent OF
butter fat than cents for milk that has only
g per cent? l tell people who complain about
the price to dilute the milk one-haf and they
will have milk of the quality that they have
been in the habit of getting at much lower
price.
than this price, because the farmey must get
something out of it. 1 want to give just as
much to the farmer as possible. You can't ex-
pect him to keep his cattle clean and healthy
and contented if he has to live like pig him
self 1 also want to make the business pay, be-
cause I want to show people that pure milk can
be made Just as profitable as dirty milk
didn't go into the business myself for the pur-
pose of making money, but have made some
and EXPECT to make more. I put in $500 in the
first six months and got back $1,000. 1 think so
well of the prospects Of the business that L
have put two of my nephews and a niece into
It, and nave also started q WoHdH III tLe
neighboring city of Tacoma 1t is a delightful
business for women, and I think that women
ought to- be in it instead of men, don't think
that there is fortune in II, but there Is Sood
living and it requires almost no capital to start
The work is also most interesting. l used TO
devote a lot of time to painting, but l get as
much artistic satisfaction out OF the mix as
did out of my art.
Mrs Andrews's business soon outgrew her
own home and she now has little dairy IN one
of the principal streets of Seattle. 1t is called
the Pure Milk Dairy" and the initial letters Of
these words adorn the windows. Mrs. Andrews
designed this monogram, which also decorates
the milk wagons. using cream color for the
milk, blue for the sky and green for the grass
The dairy has partitions only screens, ana
customers can go behind the latter and see Mrs.
Andrews making butter if they want to. for the
dairy now sells every product that can be made
from milk.
When Mrs. Andrews returns to Seattle she ex-
poets to undertake the management of modei
dairy farm which one Of the leading citizens
has stocked at her suggestion. but which he
does not wish to look after himself.