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All these precautions are equally important in producing pure milk, 

 whether machine or hand milking- is practised, and only by their observ- 

 ance can the farmer or dairyman produce pure milk. It remains, then, 

 for each individual, who alone is the best judge of his own conditions, 

 to determine whether he would be warranted in making the outlay of 

 money necessary for the instalment of a machine milker. 



Summary. 



i. It is possible and practicable for the general farmer as well as the 

 dairy farmer to produce pure milk, either by hand or machine milking. 



2. To produce pure milk, by hand or machine milking, scrupulous 

 cleanliness must be maintained about the stable and animals, the person 

 of the milker, and the utensils. 



3. Strict sanitary precautions being observed, h^nd-drawn and 

 machine-drawn milk in our test showed approximately the same average 

 bacterial content. 



4. The mere fact that milk is drawn by the Burrell-Lawrence-Ken- 

 nedy milker is by no means a guarantee of its purity. It may contain 

 many more bacteria than hand-drawn milk under similar conditions. 



5. We would not advise the installation of a machine milker, unless 

 the farmer or dairyman is prepared to fulfil the sanitary conditions es- 

 sential to the production of pure milk. 



