EXPERIMENT STATION REPORTS. 



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SCORE OF HIGHLAND PARK MILK CONTEST (DEC, 1916). 



Average score 85.02. 



"In connection with this contest for the dairy farmers another class 

 was provided. This included samples from each dealer selling milk in 

 Highhind Park. The samples were taken from the wagons of the deal- 

 ers without any previous notice and represent the condition of the milk 

 as delivered. With the exception of the bacterial count all determina- 

 tions were made upon samples of milk taken from one delivery. The 

 bacterial count is the dealer's average for the summer as run by the 

 Bacteriologist of the Highland Park Board of Health. This is all 

 pasteurized milk. 



The results for samj^les taken from dealers' wagons follow: 



SCORE OF HIGHLAND PARK MILK CONTEST (DEC, 1916)— CITY MILK DEALERS 



WAGON SAMPLES (PASTEURIZED). 



Average score 81.7. 



"At the request of the Grand Rapids Board of Health a milk and 

 cream contest was judged at that place early in March. It is gratify- 

 ing to see the high scores that were made in this contest. Grand Rapids 

 was one of the first cities in the United States to have a milk contest 

 and has had an annual milk and cream contest since. 



"In this contest there were four classes as follows: Dealer Milk, 

 Dealer Cream, Producer Milk and Producer Cream. These samples may 

 be classified as follows in regard to score: 



