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many dairies is heavily charged with dangerous bacteria. This is 

 proof that the dairy inspection by the nutnicipahty is anything 

 but efficient. It is a condition that the pubHc should not stand 

 for, endangering- as it does the health and lives of young and old. 

 The ignorance and prejudice that were hurled at the milk ordi- 

 nance, before and after its first draft was vetoed by the mayor, are 

 surely of the past since the veterinarian has published figures 

 showing that it has tremendously reduced the number of cases 

 and still more the number of deaths from tuberculosis among 

 chiklren under five years of age — cases by 66 per cent and death- 

 by 7S per cent, for the year ended June 30. 1913. Such a record 

 must not be allowed to be spoiled by negligence on the part of 

 the municipal inspectors relative to the cleanliness of dairies. 



STAXDARDIZA TIOX 



With especial reference to cotton growing, the Ai:;riciiltural 

 Xcws (W. I.) of August 13 devotes its leading article to "Com- 

 mercial Standardization in Tropical Agriculture." The article 

 mentions sugar as an article the valuation of which has been 

 placed upon a scientific basis, saying that in the case of other 

 crops, in spite of a similar need being experienced, little progress 

 has as yet been made in the direction of standardization. The 

 following opening paragraph of the article is worthy of attention 

 by growers of all tropical products : 



"In the production of every class of raw material that has to 

 undergo manufacture before being sold to the consumer, it is 

 very desirable, and indeed necessary, that scientific methods 

 should be available for the precise determination or standardiza- 

 tion of the so-called commercial grades. The introduction of a 

 system having this object is particularly favorable to the interests 

 of the producer or grower, for it assists him in forming a true 

 judgment of the market value of consignments, and enables him 

 to frame a definite idea of the class of material he should aim at 

 producing, (^n the manufacturer's side. also, benefit accrues, 

 from the fact that he is more likely to be supplied with the particu- 

 lar grade he is in need of. and this in unifi^rm (|uantities." 



It is gratifying to learn that the Territorial veterinarian has at 

 last been able' to enlist the county governments of the other islands 

 than Oahu in the work of 1)ovine tuberculosis control. 



Dr. Xorgaard's zeal in guarding against the intniduction of 

 rabies to these islands will one dav be appreciated. .\ single case 

 of the awful malady slipping in would instantly silence all 

 cavilling at the precautions, but in that event no doubt those who 

 carp at the present restrictions windd be first to blame the vet. for 

 letting it happen. Such is human nature. 



