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therefore they cannot build up their dairies) until they get better 

 prices, because if they do they are going to do it with the prices 

 they get for breeding. You have got to go slow or you will- 

 drive the producer of milk and cream out of the business. 



Mr. McEdward : I do not exactly agree with the gentle- 

 man who just spoke. It is not very expensive to buy two 

 or three windows and a couple of barrels of lime for white- 

 wash, and to sweep down cobwebs. We do not expect to have 

 cement walksi or cement buildings, but just ordinary cleanHness, 

 and this should be looked after. It is not very much expense 

 to do the things they require. 



Dr. Pearl : I would like to inquire whether the things that 

 are contemplated are not already provided for under our pure 

 food law. In substance it says that the production, or trans- 

 portation, or exposure for sale of any food product whatever 

 is subject to inspection. Is there any need for another inspec- 

 tion or additional legislation beyond what we have now ? What 

 I mean to say is. How can the Boston Board of Health force 

 us into anything beyond what is already required in our pure 

 food law? If they are going to shut out the product anyway 

 how is any legislation that we might enact going to change that ? 



Mr. Harris : As I understand it their inspection covers 

 barn inspection. We have an inspection of creameries and we 

 have to live up to the requirements, but there is no inspection 

 of barns and dairy houses, no requirements that the dairymen 

 have to live up to. For instance, we will say that there is a 

 barn in our section that has, three windows, with lights of glass 

 7 by 9, in a tieup 24 feet long in which there are 12 cows. The 

 hay and straw are hanging down through the fence rails over- 

 head and the gutter is full of slush. Is that a fit place to make 

 milk? We do not accept that kind of goods but perhaps some 

 other creamers^ may. Perhaps the man may make butter; in 

 fact I know of a man who is making butter under practically 

 those conditions and he s-ells it to people and they call it good. 

 Now is it right to let those things exist ? 



Mr. Holston : I would like to know who is going to pay 

 for these charges. Where is the money coming from? 



Mr. Woods : As near as I can make out, what the cream- 

 eries want is some inspection of the dairies from which goods 

 are being sold to the creameries. It looks to me like a matter 



