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empty bottles are washed, sterilized, etc. This building has beeil 

 given so much importance and many have spent from $10,000 to 

 $50,000 in such structure, and I here show you a plan of a building 

 if constructed of wood with cement plastering will cost about 

 $1,700, and if built of brick would cost about $2,000. I have taken 

 into consideration the average cost of building material in different 

 parts of the country. All the equipment necessary is a cooler, 

 sterilizer, bottle washer, a small boiler and a few other utensils. 



I wish to draw your attention to the fact that the more ap- 

 paratus there is in such a plant the greater the danger of contam- 

 ination, and the less unnecessary apparatus the less danger of con- 

 tamination, and the easier it is to trace troubles. For instance, 

 when we had in use all the utensils furnished by the machine men 

 and the bacterial count ran high, we could not lay the blame on 

 any one. The men in the dairy would say their work had been per- 

 formed as usual, and the men in the barn would claim the same 

 thing; but with the simple apparatus I have shown you, there is 

 only one place to watch, and that is the barn; if the work is done 

 carefully at that point, good milk will be produced every time. 



Now as to the cows for a certified dairy. So far as the ap- 

 pearance goes, thoroughbred cattle will please the eye of the public, 

 but I would advise keeping common cows. 1st, because a person 

 having a herd of thoroughbreds is anxious to get as many as pos- 

 sible into the advanced registry, and the extra washing the cows 

 should get in a certified dairy seems to affect the flow of milk to 

 some extent, and if a valuable cow loses a part of her udder the 

 owner does not want to dispose of her, and in course of time the 

 milk yield would be diminished; but when only common cows are 

 kept, and one has a defect, she can be disposed of and another put 

 in her place, and it is much easier to keep up an even flow of milk 

 with a common herd than with a thoroughbred, and an even flow 

 of milk is very essential, as the class of trade that uses certified 

 milk is not the kind that will be put off with the simple statement 

 that the cows have gone dry. That class of trade will either take 

 the milk all the time or not at all. 



FEED FOR THE COWS. 



Cows must be fed somewhat differently when certified milk is 

 produced than ordinarily, as that class of milk is largely consumed 

 by infants, and necessarily must be good, or the reputation which 

 such milk has in order to sell for a higher price would soon be de- 



