542 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



Iowa is particularly fortunate in that she has within her bor- 

 ders no large cities, for we recopjnizc the fact that the larger the 

 city, the more complicated becomes the question of the control 

 of the municipal milk supply. Possibly over 95 per cent of the 

 milk consumed in Iowa is produced within hauling distance of 

 the consumer and 50 per cent of the milk is consumed before it 

 is 12 hours old, and 90 per cent before it is 24 hours old. Pas- 

 teurization is not extensively practiced and when used it is 

 usually simply used by the larger dealers for the purpose of pre- 

 venting the souring of the milk. In other words, it is not efficient 

 pasteurization. 



Of these local city milk inspectors, we have at the present 

 time 15. Of this number, four are M. D.'s, four are veterinarians, 

 and seven are men from other walks of life. Those; cities pay 

 their inspectors from nothing to as much as $100 i)er month 

 for doing this work, and the state pays from $15 to $45 per 

 month. Under the state law, we are authorized to pay these in- 

 spectors for securing samples of milk, testing it for butter 

 fat, preservatives and other adulterations, examining the condi- 

 tion of the wagon and utensils and these cities are supposed to 

 pay their inspectors for visiting the dairies, or source of supply, 

 and inspecting them, using Government Score Cards. We be- 

 lieve that this should be turned exactly around and that the 

 state should have the supervision and inspection of the dairies 

 and the city should look after the milk after it reaches the city 

 and is offered for sale. 



I shall mention the one greatest factor in this educational 

 work — the Public Press. We find them ever ready to publish 

 items relating to the milk fjuestion. This department issues bul- 

 letins at frequent intervals and these are quite generally pub- 

 lished by the local papers. In some of these cities they insert 

 reports at regular intervals of the butter fat tests of the tnilk of 

 the local dealers. In others, they publish the total score of the 

 different dairies as well. 



