Milk Industry In The 1800s

As transportation of milk became easier with the introduction of different cars design specifically for liquids, the railroad companies started to take advantage of dairy farms by having high prices for transporting. In addition to such a burden on the farmers, they also had to spend their money on the cows and feed for the production of milk. After subtracting all of these expenses, it can be seen that the farmers are losing a lot of money in this industry. This left the dairy farmers in a quagmire. They either had to boycott the railroads and deal with slower transportation through other means like cars or they just had to deal with the high prices of the transportation. One of the options that they chose to do was to sell to creameries that

This means that the creameries are making a huge profit off of the dairy farmers, allowing them to make and sell milk along with milk products without having to be near a cow. With this method, the creameries did not have to worry about transportation costs, which would normally be an obstacle towards the dairymen. With their takeover of the milk industry, it will discourage the dairymen from creating milk since they will soon realize that it is not a profitable business. Their fall in the industry would be very detrimental to the health of America because many Americans rely on the milk to nurture their babies with proteins and fats. Some milkmen decided that they needed to change their situation by changing the root cause of their problems, the transportation

From the destruction of the swill milk industry to the standardization of grades of milk, public health officials started to become more aware of the negative effects that poorly produced milk and poorly pasteurized milk can have on the population. With regular inspections of the facilities of production along with a strict system for dealing with those who did not comply, America was able to transform milk from a product that only the wealthy few can enjoy safely to something that everyone can drink without worrying about catching tuberculosis or scarlet fever. Finally, as the milk industry grew, so did its need for transportation, which were mainly railroads. These railroads completely revolutionized the way people thought about milk by introducing them to new problems that they had to solve, which took into consideration the shelf life of milk. With these practices, the farmers also started to demand a fairer price for transportation, which allowed them to focus on the important issues of creating quality milk instead of whether they can get the milk to the consumer without losing profit. Once the practice of keeping foods like milk sanitary, it will spread to the other foods like the meat packing industry and create a chain reaction of safety that helped to improve the lives of everyone with their experience of food and their health in