352 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
what it ought to be. The question of whether this inspection should 
be carried on by the municipalities themselves at their own expense 
or at the expense of the state as is now the case is a question for 
legislative decision but if inspection is to remain under the supervi- 
sion of this department the following recommendations are made: 
First, that a statute be enacted requiring that milk offered for sale 
by city milk dealers be only from cows which have been tested and 
shown to be free from tuberculosis, such test to be made by the 
state veterinarian or under his authority and to be repeated at 
proper intervals. Second, that milk offered for sale by city milk 
dealers shall be required to be produced in clean barns, and to be 
handled in a cleanly fashion in every particular. Third, that au- 
thority and appropriation be given for employment of proper num- 
ber of inspectors to give their time to inspecting not alone the milk 
as it comes upon sale in the cities, but also the barns and dairy 
utensils amd apparatus used upon the farm to see that the statute 
is complied with. Fourth, that the inspector be required to score 
each dairy where milk is produced or store where milk is sold, in 
accordance with score card system adopted by the U. S. Department 
of Agriculture, and that the name of the dairyman and such score 
be published in the local newspaper for the information of the 
public. 
If the system of local inspectors were continued and one or two 
general inspectors added to the force it is the belief that the pro- 
duction of clean, wholesome milk from healthy cows could be en- 
forced. 
On the other hand if it is deemed proper that the cities should be 
charged with this responsibility and expense, then it is the judg- 
ment of this department that a similar plan to that outlined above 
is both suitable and desirable Avith the municipalities. At any rate 
the conditions are such that additional legislation is necessary in 
order to insure proper sanitary inspection of milk in cities. 
