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STATE BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 



inannei' will do more to interest the producer and consumer in a pure 

 milk supply than will an}' amount of legislation. 



The result of these contests and surveys follows: 



In July, at the request of the Flint Board of Health, a sanitary sur- 

 vey was made of the milk plants and dairy farms furnishing milk in that 

 city. A milk contest was also held. 



The sanitary condition of milk plants as judged by the government 

 score card for the purpose was fairly satisfactory. There is room for 

 improvement, however. 



SANITARY SCORE OF CITY MILK PLANTS (JULY. 1915J. 



Average score for city millc plants 58.3. 



The sanitary condition of dairy farms was found to be slightly bet- 

 ter than the city milk plants. A score card for dairy farms was used for 

 this survey. 



SANITARY SCORE FOR DAIRY FARMS (JULY, 1915). 



Average score for dairy farms, 59.4. 



The milk contest held was different from the ordinary milk contest, 

 where samples are prepared with great care and entered, in that the 

 samples were taken from the milk wagons without previous warning. 

 The scores represented the condition of the milk as it was being put on 

 the market. In scoring milk the following things are taken into con- 

 sideration — bacterial count, flavor and odor, visible dirt, fat, solids not 

 fat, acidity and condition of bottle and cap. The result of this contest 

 follows: 



SCORE OF FLINT MILK CONTEST (JULY, 1915). 



