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pioneer dairies iu tiiis work are entitled to a great deal of credit. 

 The commands from fastidious consumers, boards of health, etc., 

 could never have accomplished these results. The ideal scholar is 

 the one who goes to school and not the one who is sent. 



Some dairies of this class are run by wealthy individuals because 

 they have a love for this kind of work. Some of them are run at a 

 large expense, for the owner wants the best of everything irrespec- 

 tive of cost. 



There are also such dairies run according to these high require- 

 ments as a business proposition. The fact has not been demon- 

 strated that such a plant can be made to pay large profits. The 

 main reason for this is the fact that a suflSciently large market can- 

 not be found for such milk. Consumers want rich milk and clean 

 milk, but they do not appear to be very willing to pay for the extra 

 effort that is necessary in order to make cleanliness reasonably sure. 

 It will be years perhaps before the general public will appreciate 

 the improvements that have taken place in the different departments 

 of market milk production. No person can afford to depend upon 

 dairying for a livelihood and handle milk, butter or cheese, accord- 

 ing to all the known sanitary conditions and precautions, at the pres- 

 ent time, and compete in the market with goods that are produced in 

 the ordinary manner, unless he can command a special price. Su- 

 perior workmanship and extra pains in most other callings are 

 recognized by better pixy. When the consumer recognizes the fact 

 that it requires these qualifications to handle milk properly it is 

 hoped he will pay accordingly for it. 



By Certified Milk, it is meant that milk is produced according to 

 some definite requirements, that there is constant supervision and 

 that there is some responsible control. A Milk Commission, if com- 

 posed of the right kind of individuals, should be much more reliable 

 and have more weight in recommending milk than can be expected 

 of a producer, dealer, or any single individual. The Commission 

 should be composed of the most influential men in a community or 

 the most reliable, irrespective of their calling or profession. They 

 should know how to produce clean milk and be constant in their re- 

 quirements. If a Commission allows its requirements to become 

 slack or gets negligent, the community will soon lose confidence. 

 Physicians should understand better the necessity for clean milk 

 and would naturally be the best persons to look to for assistance. 

 It may not everywhere at first be necessary to have the require- 

 ments as high as is required by the Milk Commission of the Phila- 

 delphia Pediatric Society, but this Commission cannot afford to have 

 its requirements lower. The requirements should not be so high 

 that the majority of the people in a community cannot afford to buy 

 such milk. Even a creamery might establish certain requirements 

 such as could be followed by the majority of the patrons. They 

 could arrange to buy milk from none that would not comply with 

 these rules. First-class butter cannot be made from dirty milk and 

 the majority of the patrons in a creamery should not be compelled 

 to sell second-class butter because a few careless people will not 

 deliver milk that is reasonably clean. 



People interested in the milk business should be honest. They 

 have no right to advertise "Pure Milk" when it is not properly pro- 

 duced, "Alderney Milk" from native cattle, "Veterinary and Sanitary 



