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bottle below the rim of the bottle and thenthis tin strip is drawn taut 

 and slipped over this red seal so that it is impossible to get this metal 

 top off without breaking- the seal. These metal caps that we use as a 

 precaution, are m^anufactured in Chicago all complete to use, with the ex- 

 ception of the date, and we stamp the dates in the blank place left on 

 them for that purpose daily. By this daily stamping on the bottle, the 

 consumer knows the age of the milk that he buys and there is no chance 

 for deception. The metal seal is simply put on to prevent anyone from 

 tampering with the milk and to insure the consumer as to the age of 

 the milk. If one of my agents tries to sell old milk to my customer and 

 there is anything wrong with the date, the customer will not receive it. 



A word further in regard to the care of the cow. The cows must 

 be comfortable all the time. Make them happy. You must do it. It 

 will pay you to do it, and you will pay for it if you do not. 



J\Ir. What difference would the age of the milk make so 



long as you maintain the proper temperature and keep it in a pure at- 

 mosphere — it is still kept sweet? 



J\Ir. Curler — No difference to you* or me but to an infant it does 

 make a difference. Dr. Reynolds, Health Commissioner of the city of 

 Chicago, made a statement a few months ago that milk may be unfit to 

 feed a babe long before any acid has developed. I believe there is such 

 a thing as vitality in milk. There is a remarkable difference in infant 

 feeding between the milk of a strong cow and a weakling that can just 

 barely crawl around. Years ago the medical men would not accept that, 

 but a majority of them now agree to that. I v/ant cows for this business 

 that have vigor and vitality and I zinll have them. I will not have a 

 weakling in the herd. 



jMr. How long after milking before the milk is delivered? 



Mr. Curler — ^We deliver the night's milk the next morning. They 

 deliver before five o'clock, a part of it is 24 hours old and a part of it 12 

 hours'old. The night's milk comes in and is delivered the next morning. 

 The oldest of the milk will be only 24 hours old and the night's milk only 

 12 hours old. That is as fresh as you can get milk unless you have your 

 own cow and milk every time you want to feed the baby. 



Mr. Will milk lose its vitality in 24 hours? 



Mr. Curler — That is a fine point. We know nature provided for the 

 young to get their milk direct, which, not being exposed to the air, does 

 not need any aeration. The nearer we can get to what nature has pro- 

 vided, the better. It is a fine point. People producing milk for butter 

 making do not have to go that far, but for feeding infants, you have to 

 go further. 



