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frequent visits paid to the dairies in the course of testing has been 

 a potent factor in keeping" hygienic methods before the owners 

 and bringing about their adoption. While there is no dairy 

 which could be termed excellent, with the exception of that of 

 the College of Hawaii, which is managed with the model type 

 constantly in mind, there are many good, many fair and none 

 which can be called bad. 



Standing between the producer and consumer, and handling 

 more than three-quarters of the milk produced in the city and 

 county, we have the Honolulu Dairymen's Association, a co- 

 operative institution in which many of the leading dairymen are 

 represented, and which was designed to furnish the city with an 

 ideal milk supply. 



I think I am correct in stating that it is the present policy of 

 the Association to accept milk from only those dairies whose 

 sanitary and hygienic conditions entitle them, under the i\Iilk 

 Ordinance, to sell milk. \\'hile in some instances milk has been 

 accepted from dairies not permitted, under the ordinance, to sell 

 milk, it has been, I believe, through ignorance on the part of the 

 management, to the exact conditions and standing of said dairies. 

 Upon reaching the Association the milk is electrically purified, 

 the result being a clean, palatable product with excellent keeping 

 qualities, and having a very low bacterial count ranging from 

 500 to 1000 organisms per cc. 



Importations of Live Stock. 



During the month of March twenty-two steamers were boarded, 

 eight of which were found carrying live stock, as follows : 



IMarch 3 — S. S. Sierra, San T^rancisco : 1 dog (Irish terrier"), 

 Paul Isenberg ; 36 crates ]ioultry. 



■March 11 — S. S. T.urline, San Francisco: 4 mules. A. W. 

 Eames ; 24 mules. Club Stables; 1 dog (English setter). G. L. 

 Keeney ; 10 crates chickens, N. R. Lansing; 1 crate chickens. W. 

 F. X. Company. 



March 17 — S. S. \"entmM. San Francisco: 1 crate chickens, 

 Yee Hop. 



March LS — S. S. \\'ilhelmina. San Francisco: 2^'' crates 

 poultry. 



March 21 — S. S. Korea, San I^'ranciscn : 1 d<\g (Airedale). 

 Lieut. McCleave. 



March 21— S. S. Mexican. Seattle: 2 horses, V. S. A.: 3 

 dogs (water spaniel), Capt. W. S. Sinclair. 



March 2.^ — S. .S. TTonolulrm. Srm I'rancisco: 46 nndc^, !>chu- 

 man Carriage Companv ; 2 mules. M. Andrade ; 1 hcirse, F. 

 Dniscnberg; 4 Berkshire boars. Hawaii Meat Compan\- ; 1 dog 

 (pointer"), P. Lscnberg; 23 crates iioidtry. 



March 1 — S. .S. .Sierra, San Francisco: 10 crates white leg- 



