7< v Rsport of thk Department of Bacteriology of the 



from the pail with a sterile long-handled spoon. No samples of 

 the strippings were collected duriug this test. The data thus 

 obtained are given in Table IX. 



Table IX. — Ixfixexce of Whitewashing rpox the Germ Context of the Milk. 



Here again these two groups of 60 samples each produce average 

 results that differ by only 240 germs per cc. The higher germ con- 

 tent was obtained after the stable had undergone a treatment which 

 was supposed to make it a more sanitary place for the production 

 of milk. The average results are so close that no one would be justified 

 in using the above data to demonstrate that whitewashing stables 

 is an unsanitary practice and calculated to increase the germ con- 

 tent of the milk produced within the stable. On the other hand 

 these data offer no support for the common notion that white- 



