The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-09-10

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service performed in less sanitary
way taking a longer period of time
volving more waste and more con
tamination the Boston consumer pays
five and one-half cents. Here is q
saving in cost of distribution of two
and one-fourth cents per quart If this
could be saved to the milk consumer
in Boston it would amount to about
$4,000 pay day OF $3,650,000 in year.
How many lives would be saved by
absolutely pure milk at the reduced
price no one knows.
A Night Visit.
In order to see the Trifolium milk
depot at its busiest we planned our
trip to reach the establishment at 10
p M, about the hour when they begin
to fill their $4,000 bottles of milk for
the morning delivery of the succeed.
ing day. The most striking charac-
acteristic is the immaculate clean
entire establishment is absolutely
free from dust and dirt. Not an odoI
can be detected. The association fur
nishes the employees with working
clothes, and itself launders them and
maintains ample free bathing facili'
street goes into the dressing room.
sheds the clothes which have been
more or less contaminated by wear
upon the street, takes bath and as.
sumes newly Numbered garb.
Efficient Processes.
Every process through which the
milk moves from its receipt at the
door until it goes out in the wagon in
the early morning is an efficient proc
ess both from the standpoint of main
tanning purity and excellence and
from the standpoint of economy OF
handling. After the milk cans, for ex-
ample, are fully emptied, they are
placed upon drain board. The drip
pings from this board produce 1000
pounds of butter per year, which am
Fly repays the 81 ght trouble caused
in placing the cars in this position.
very process is practically automatic.
Their machines seem to have almost
goes into each bottle is automatically
measured and not fraction of an
ounce mere or less than the specified
amount Is placed in the bottle. The
filling OF the bottles, the placing of
the shoppers. the sealing of the stop
per, the transportation Of the bottles
from the machines to the shelves, the
Of the empty bottles and
cans-all these proceed automatically.
When ready for delivery the milk
Is placed on racks in the large milk
wagons. Each wagon is accompanied
by driver and six boys, who by the
use of carrying racks are enabled to
deliver the bottles with great rapidity.
No driver can go into another drivers
district. There is no duplication OF
routes The wagon hardly pauses In |
is course. Here milk delivery is re-
iuced to science
Over -Four Million Receipts.
The concern gets out variety of
larry products. The fresh sweet milk
5 Of the grade Known generally as
certified milk. In addition to this
hey Fell special high grade called
irfarf's milk that goes
10 The 81 beled must have
,c en- produced d ing. certain part
;le bovine IL ion period The
ows must have hen excluded from
elders which are inclined to give
ant or ur plea an favcr to the milk.
he milk must / certain high per-
entages OF brtl fat. The quality
nd purity of this grade of milk is
nost carefully guarded, and it goes
ut only in sealed bottles or cans to
antilles and hospitals.
Skimrrc MIX ard butter are also
old Three mt grades of cream
re placed upoi 4ae market-the rich
cream. TIE medium cream
nd half cream. In addition to this
he frest Of cream cheese and the
igbest grades Of butter are made and
old particular brand OF butter
lilk which has proved popular and
rolf tab'e is known as Bulgarian Yog-
urt. This is similar to the product
hich is said to have made the Bull
arians a race Of centenarians. It's
aluable qualities are due to fermenta-
on produced by the bacteria of the
acillus Bulgaricus variety. 1t is