SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART V 



COMPOSITION AND COST OF A PORTION OF CORN MEAL MUSH 

 AND SKIM MILK. 



Aside from the value of milk as a low priced fuel and cheap 

 source of protein, its life-like substances and life-giving properties 

 are as yet little known to the public. Recent studies of milk and 

 milk products have shown why physicians and dieticians are able 

 to get results with milk that are not possible with other foods. 



Scientifically these life-like substances are called vitamines. 

 Their presence in milk and butter is very easily demonstrated. 

 Vitamines are not present in vegetable oils, or the common fats used 

 for the manufacture of oleomargarine. Oleomargarines contain 

 the life-like substances only in proportion to the amount of butter 

 they contain. We all know that most of the oleomargarine con- 

 tains so small a quantity of butter as to be negligible. 



MILK INSPECTION. 



In the inspection of market milk and cream, as well as the in- 

 spection of dairies producing and milk plants distributing it, we 

 have continued in our past policy. This contemplates the carry- 

 ing on (together with the work of law enforcement) of such edu- 

 cational work as is necessary to induce the production of milk and 

 cream of high quality. 



There is no inducement to put forth special effort in the produc- 

 tion of a better quality of market milk than a proper recognition 

 of a product of merit. To this end we have conducted chemical 

 and bacteriological examinations of the milk sold by the principal 

 dealers of our cities. The results of these examinations have been 



