08-06-2021, 12:44 PM
Bob, i'm not sure you understand the purpose of the vehicle.
In Britain a smallholder would milk his cows, take what he needed for himself, and the sum total of his production would be decanted into churns.
For 2 or 3 churns 'production' I would have expected that the milking would have been by hand, that is, the farmers wife and or daughters will have done the milking.
For such small quantities, the farmer will have had to take his milk to the local dairy, or possibly to a central location where a number of such farmers would deliver to and the milk collected by the dairy.
The dairy would then pasteurize and sell in bottles, or supply to industry in bulk.
So the milk delivery Seven is a dual purpose vehicle, the farmer could buy an Austin 7 to do this delivery, but he could also use it as a car. The alternative around 1930 was probably a van.
I do wonder what the tax arrangements would have been, was this a dodge to avoid some tax, being classed as a commercial vehicle?
Latterly the dairies (or the nationalised industry - The milk Marketing Board) collected the churns on a lorry. I believed this ceased in the UK in 1979 when tankers took over.
In Britain a smallholder would milk his cows, take what he needed for himself, and the sum total of his production would be decanted into churns.
For 2 or 3 churns 'production' I would have expected that the milking would have been by hand, that is, the farmers wife and or daughters will have done the milking.
For such small quantities, the farmer will have had to take his milk to the local dairy, or possibly to a central location where a number of such farmers would deliver to and the milk collected by the dairy.
The dairy would then pasteurize and sell in bottles, or supply to industry in bulk.
So the milk delivery Seven is a dual purpose vehicle, the farmer could buy an Austin 7 to do this delivery, but he could also use it as a car. The alternative around 1930 was probably a van.
I do wonder what the tax arrangements would have been, was this a dodge to avoid some tax, being classed as a commercial vehicle?
Latterly the dairies (or the nationalised industry - The milk Marketing Board) collected the churns on a lorry. I believed this ceased in the UK in 1979 when tankers took over.