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inspection should be state-wide rather than by cities or towns. 

 As one of the delegates to that convention, I voted in favor of 

 such a recommendation, which action has recently been sup- 

 ported by considerable observation and experience in the ad- 

 ministration of one of the inspection provisions of Connecticut. 

 The details of such eft'orts, such as frequency with which 

 inspections should be made, method of taxing costs thereof, 

 etc., are still to be worked out. It is safe to state at this time 

 that inspections must be made with sufificient frequency in 

 order that the effect of previous work shall not be dissipated 

 and lost. These details often- no serious obstacles and the 

 work, when once well comprehended, can be readily and 

 properly organized. In my opinion, inspections directed pri- 

 marily as an educational eflfort and supplemented only by police 

 regulation in urgent cases, and directed from one point in each 

 state, will prove to be one of the most efficient means of meet- 

 ing the problems projected by the third fundamental factor. 

 Any other means of arresting many forms of infection at their 

 source of origin is inconceivable, and it is well known that most 

 of the difficulties liable to develop in milk originate at the 

 source of its production, viz.. in the cow stable. A plan has 

 been recently formulated to reduce the inspection work if not 

 ultimately supersede it. This scheme seeks to arouse and stim- 

 ulate interest in the production of clean milk by offering prizes 

 therefor. This is now on trial in Massachusetts where it is 

 reported as being successful. Although such a system may be 

 moderately satisfactory during ■ the transitional period, now 

 present, the principle is wrong. Proper and enduring stimu- 

 lation can only come through economic recognition for the 

 service rendered and expressed by systematic, regular and ade- 

 quate remuneration commensurate to meet the added burdens 

 imposed to safeguard milk supplies. 



Pasteurization. 



Soon after the presence of the third fundamental was sensed, 

 efforts to meet its needs were naturally directed towards stable 

 improvements. Wherever such efforts were undertaken it 

 soon became apparent that the desired changes found neces- 

 sary in stable methods and practices would involve a large 

 outlay of money, and daily increased cost of production. After 



