The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-23
1 CONFESSIONS OF MODERN ,MILKMAN
Why Product Isn't as Good as il
 Used to Be.

Did you ever notice that there is more cream on the market in small bottles than there used to be-" said a Side this morning. The customer had been kicking because she had just changed milkmen and there was not much cream on the milk The milk man laughed and said. T have got the cream in half pint bottles in the wag- on. If you want to buy any 1t is 20 cents a half pint. The customer who was a housewife was highly indignant She wanted to know if the milk dealer thought she was paying him eights cents a quart for skinned milk
 Say. lady, I am giving you all the cream that the law says I should. The board of health passed some rules about the quality of milk that we should sell and anyone who gives more cream in their milk than the law rre- Quires Is a fool.''
 The milkman then went on to tell how he had sold his milk for years as 1t came from the cows. and that. he had not made a fortune. but he had given the people the milk as he got it. He had kept his stable clean and tried to keep his stock healthy without outside aid But when the board of health commenced to inspect his cat tie and his stables he made up his mind that he would be law abiding sitizen and live up to the law. He looked over the requirements of the board of health and found that the butter fats required in the milk were BPS per cent He bought a Babcock tester of his own and a cream separa- tor. He found that the butter fats in the milk his cows gave averaged any where from 4.50 to 5-35 per cent. and leave enough on the milk to be within the law"
 This same nilkman told a Farmer reporter that he was making more money than he ever made before in his life and he was much obliged to the board of health. He declared that it was the consumers who were getting the worst of the deal as there were more milkmen selling high grade milk before the board of health got busy. men who were getting the cream off there milk and still leaving enough to satisfy the milk inspector when he comes around.
 The reporter asked the milkman if he would fill an order for milk just as it came from the cow The dealer said he would but that the charge would be 10 cents a quart as he has n number of customers who were pay ing that price
 The milkman is one of the oldest in the city and has borne an excellent reputation for the quality of his milk for years. The reporter asked him if he would sell the milk skinned down to the test per centage of but ter fats to people who had n baby and were buying the milk because they thought 1t was the highest quality He said that in such a case he would tell his patrons just what he was selling and would try to get their trade for his ten cent milk.
 6 At this point the lady who was the new customer asked the milkman to bring the filled milk bottles to the rear door each morning.
 NO. .ma'am,' responded the inde- pendent dealer. T don't leave milk al back doors and don't climb any stairs All my customers take their milk at the front door. It saves me time. Git-dap.' Pushing on the rib- bons he drove off with Va look on his face as tMhugh he was a little sore on himself for giving away the secrets oi the trade