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special committee appointed for the purpose who had no interest 

 in any of the milks competing. 



The principles involved in my system of producing and hand- 

 ling milk, while they have been practiced on a large scale at 

 Homer, Xew York, for the first time, have also been practiced 

 at Princeton, !N^. J., for the milk supply of the university with 

 the same degree of success. They are also being adopted in a 

 number of other places. I summarize these principles again as 

 follows : 



essentials of clean milk production 



1. Small-mouthed covered milking pails. 



2. Cooling milk with ice-water. 



3. Sterilizing utensils at central station. 



4. Bacteriological tests of milk at central station. 



5. Payment for milk based on bacteriological test. 



I am satislied that the conscientious practice of these five 

 principles will result in the production of clean milk, and that 

 this system places within the reach of any group of milk producers 

 a degree of cleanliness for their milk which will make the same 

 satisfactory in that respect, and that the price paid to the farmer 

 need be not more than one-quarter cent per quart. In short 

 the market value of cleanliness, which is the subject of this paper, 

 so far as the farmer is concerned can be made one-quarter cent 

 per quart by the practice of the system of milk product imi de- 

 scribed. There will 1)0 an extra cost at the central station of 

 one-quarter cent per quart for the work of washing, sterilizing 

 utensils and laboratory testing, providing the volume of business 

 is sufficiently large. 



There will also be an extra cost of retail deliverv since anv 

 advanc(> in price scatters the trade. But such cleanliness as I 

 have described need not advance the retail price of milk more 

 than one cent per qu;irt. By centralizing and organizing the 

 sanitary work, the consumer can get four or fiv(^ cents' worth of 

 cleanliness for one cent. 



Presidext Dollar: I am sure thnt this excellent talk by Dr. 

 North has been of benefit to (n-erv person in the roonL whether 

 consumer or producer. 



