Excerpt from the report Preface: The purpose of this report is to provide dairy plant operators with data and guidelines which can be used in establishing and operating multipurpose milk plants more efficiently. The report deals primarily with the use of and benefits to be derived from automated equipment in a multipurpose milk plant. The study is part, of a broad program of continuing research by the Department's Agricultural Marketing Service to find ways of handling the farmer's products more efficiently and at the same time hold down the cost of the products to the consumer.
