lo May, 1911 



riu City Milk Supply. 



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The Butter Fat Standard. 



Regarding the 3.5 per cent, butter-fat standard, as fixed by the Pui>' 

 P'ood Standards Committee, some retailers aver that it is unreasonablv 

 high ; but a large majority are satisfied with it. A most significant fact 

 in its favour is the very small number of milk samples taken that have 



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be<-n hcldw th(; standard. It is still more rare to hear ol' a retailer wiih 

 his own farm selling inferior quality milk. Such dairymen are me^t 

 emphatic in tlnir apjiroxal ol tiie .standard. I'lir ijuality, purity, and 

 fresiiness ol llnir milk all comhine (<> hring tlnin ir.ide. and tlioy 'in 



