REPORT OF STATE DAIRY INSPECTOR. 35 



bottles washed in his own kitchen as he wishes them to be, ana 

 covered until filled at the farm by the producer. 



The sale of milk in grocery stores and bakeries from cans is 

 a practice that is common and one which must be guarded 

 against in many instances. The producer usually sets in a can 

 of milk from which the clerk deals out pint and quart quantitie> 

 into a tin measure. These quantities are in turn delivered into 

 a pitcher, jar, pail or pasteboard bucket, depending upon which 

 the customer brings. The tin measure, in many of the stores 

 visited, is too often a source of attack from flies. Hot water 

 for sterilizing after each use is not at hand, so if any rinsing is 

 done, cold water is used. By the time the bottom part of the 

 can is reached the chances are that it will not pass the standard 

 for milk, much to the chagrin of the distributor. 



In fairness to all concerned and as a safeguard against un- 

 sanitary and dangerous conditions an ordinance of some son, 

 either state or local, should be instituted and enforced that 

 will prohibit the sale of this loose milk in stores where the 

 chances for contamination are so great. 



In restaurants and lunch rooms where milk is sold by the 

 glass from dip tanks, the product has been found to contain 

 much sediment. It is difficult to keep milk clean unless strict 

 cleanliness is adopted in these places. 



Much has been said in the past about the presence of sedi- 

 ment or in other words, dirt in milk. The collecting and ex- 

 amination of milk and the pubHshing of the result have had 

 much to do with improvement in many instances but that it is 

 a common occurrence must be admitted. 



BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF MILK. 



One of our cities has begim a bacteriological examination of 

 the milk supply, based chiefly upon the reports of analyses 

 of the milk made by this department. Such a course has been 

 suggested as a remedy for dirty milk, for some time, and it is 

 with satisfaction that we note it is to be adopted and made 

 educational to the producer and consumer as far as possible. 



Imiprovement must necessarily come from this work as each 

 finding of a high count will be followed by an investigation, 

 which will reach back to the original source of the milk. This 



