Show WEIGHING MILK FOR MARKET ess Trouble Between Producers and Dealers If Records Are Kept at Both Ends of Line Prepared by the th th United States Department of Agriculture Producers who ship milk to city distributors have voiced frequent complaints complaints com com- plaints because of the disparity between be- be tween their figures on the quantity of milk shipped and those of the dealers on the quantity received In order to locate ocate the cause of complaint by studying study- study I In ing ng the actual loss between the country coun coun- try ry shipping point and the city plant the he United States Department of Agriculture made an Investigation on the Baltimore market Records kept kepton on more than 1100 cans showed that the loss between the country station and the city plant was less than 1 per cent The Tho loss on trains probably due to to o spilling was only per cent and from the city railroad platform to the plant It was per cent However It was found that when the he milk was weighed In the city plant there was a shortage of per percent percent percent cent on the amount shipped according t to to- can measure In the country Of Ot this shortage per cent was du due to actual actual actual ac ac- ac- ac losses while per cent was the he difference between can measure and weight Tills This Is easily ac accounted for by the fact that cans become dented and battered which decreases theIr heir holding capacity In a former investigation In by the department an even greater r x gT R 3 J Y s What Part of Your Milk Check Represents Represents cents Profit ancy aney was found Cound between can cnn measure and w weight ight the difference being over 3 per cent It would seem that there would be less trouble between producers pro pro- lucers and dealers denIers If the tho milk were weighed at both bout ends of the line |