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the extent of the interests which they represent, since it is a fact 

 that every citizen is a consumer of dairy products in some form. 

 And it can be accepted as sound doctrine that the average buyer 

 and consumer does not want adulterated products or inferior sub- 

 stitutes at full, first-class butter prices. 



The dairy farmer has been compelled to improve his methods of 

 making butter, at an added expense, and it is but fair and proper 

 that his interests should be protected. 



In nearly every state there is in existence a State Dairymen's 

 Association, whose sole effort is directed toward advancing dairy in- 

 terests. The Pennsylvania Association has made forward strides, 

 and the progress and development of the industry indicates a still 

 brighter future and the growing importance of Pennsylvania as a 

 dairying State. 



The Commissioner is in hearty accord and sympathy with the 

 work of the dairy interests, as the reports of his official work will 

 prove. The true worth of the dairy cow is being demonstrated as 

 never before, and while higher standards of quality are being de- 

 manded by critical consumers, there is also an increased compensa- 

 tion in values, because of the great demand for dairy products of 

 the highest class or standard. 



In a recent report it was stated that there are in the United 

 States, thirty states that are prominently engaged in dairying. In 

 these states there are over 320,000 exclusively dairy farms, and in 

 round numbers, four million other farms on which there is some 

 dairying done. Besides these there are about seventy-five thousand 

 exclusively dairy farms in other states, and about one million five 

 hundred thousand farms on which more or less dairying is being 

 done. The same report asserts that there are fully 40,000,000 people 

 in the United States who are consumers of dairy products and who 

 do not produce any, depending solely upon the markets for their 

 supplies. These figures form their own commentary. 



INCREASED DEMAND FOR PURE MILK. 



With the marked improvements in the production and care of 

 milk, and the increasing knowledge of its comparative value as a 

 food, its use is becoming more popular than ever before. The time 

 has passed by when it is regarded as only proper for the infant 

 and sick to use it freely. Containing as it does, all the nutritive 

 ingredients needed for food, and as chemists assert, in about the 

 right proportion for proper nutrition, its regular use is freely com- 

 mended by many physicians. It is not a luxury; in fact, it is said to 

 be the cheapest fuod, pound for pound, that can be purchased or 

 used. 



Kecognizing these facts, special and frequent attention was given 

 to the milk supplies of Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Allegheny and nu- 

 merous other cities and boroughs during the year at more or less 

 frequent intervals. The pages of the "Monthly Bulletin" show that 

 the conditions are vastly better than at any time since the creation of 

 the Dairy and Food Commissioner's office, which statement is further 

 confirmed by the most remarkable decrease in the number of prose- 

 cutions brought against milk dealers. The use of chemical preserva 

 fives, formaldehyde, etc., which resulted in scores of prosecutions 

 two years ago, has been almost entirely abandoned, because of the 



