The Washington herald., 1921-09-04
TRUCK FACTOR HIGH GRADE MILK SUPPLY DSIRC
Fleets of Motors Bring
Product Fresh From Dairy
Consumer, Farmer and District Distributor
Benefit by Speedy Transportation In
Protecting Milk From Heat.

producers in New York State and
other distant points.
When milk has to be taken ten
or twelve miles to q railroad,
where It may stand on the loading
platform for several hours in the
sun, 1t frequently sours before 1t
finally reaches the city dairy II
It does not actually sour, the
bacteria may increase to such an
extent that the local health au-
thorities will condemn II. Such
milk represents q loss to the
farmer and he soon ceases to
ship It.
Brought Direct from Dairy.
The same milk shipped by motor
truck goes direct from the farm
to the city dairy and thereby be-
comes the most desirable milk to
the local dairy and to the con-
sumner and represents nothing but
profit to the farmer. This condi-
tion has resulted In such a large
increase in theNsupply of the best
grade Of milk to the Washington
dairies that now very little milk
comes to Washington from Ions
distances, compared with the guam
titS that formerly came from dis
tant States.
As the motor truck loads the milk
at the farm and takes II direct ia
the city distributor for practically
the same charge as the railroad
makes, both the farmer and the city
dairy are saved a handling cost
which. together with the actual
saving in the quality of the milk
makes for lower cost to the con,
sumner.
The hauling of milk by motor
truck is no longer an experiment
In the past six months at least 4
dozen large trucks have been pu
in operation over the various road
leading to Washington. Ono in
stance that emphasizes the prac
ticability of this long distance mill
( hauling Is that of three Genera
Motor Truck Company two-toI
4 trucks operated by W. G. Mills, o
Herndon, Va These trucks brin
: from 1900 to 1900 gallons of mil
; a distance Of thirty miles over on
Of the worst roads in this sectioI
b The important fact Is that thes
trucks unload their milk at the cit
; dairies before the sun is shinin
strong enough to raiFe the tempera
= ture of the milk. In fact, the mil
Is in process of pasteuriZation at q
hour when 1t would formerly haV
been standing on the station plat
form at Herndon.
HauIs 600 Gallons Daily.
Z Another instance Of the efiicienc
e Of the motor truck over the ol
i method of transporting milk is II
n supply that Is brought from the di!
: trict around Clarksburg, Nd, c
n two General Motor Company truck
5 operated by J. N. Ganley. while h
l. brother, ]. Hickman Ganley, Of MOI
L rovia, Nd, uses a similar truck
& bring 800 gallons nearly fifty mil,
each day.
IT That 1t is profitable to haul sma
Is shipments Of milk as far as twent,
Is five miles Is demonstrated by E.
e Thompson, who uses a one-ton Gel
iy eral Motors truck to carry 800 ga
le Ions of milk from wiehle, Va.
N Washington over a very bad roa
Is Those who question the econom
e advantages of hauling milk a sho
r distance by motor truck can ha
~. their doubts dispelled by taking n
eo tice-of the record Of John H. Ca
ct per, of Mclean, Va. He has opera
D. ed a two-ton truck of the saI
n make on a ten-mile milk haul
three years.
While many farmers have fou
o. II profitable to haul their milk
Of the city on their own trucks. it
'ly those who ship by regular nj
ng trucks who are the biggest game
to The farmers have no worries aft
rm they put the milk in the spri
ok house at milking time. The tru
ng operator takes charge of the m
or from that time on. All the farm
Ity has to do Is keep a record of I
Ter number of gallons he ships a
bid make his bill out to the dairy Il
buys his milk.
eh Aids Farm Production.
sor Before the advent of the mo
nv truck, the farmer had to spend
or, best hours of the day hauling
% milk to the railroad platform, us
- a team Of horses that he can n
~ devote to work on the farm with
interruption. Shipping by truck
has no soured milk returned to h
' nor does he have to worry alb
lost cans. The truck operator
sen responsible to him for the deliv
the of the same number Of gallons
ON milk that he loads at the farm ;