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same. This method is in favor of the dairy-man with 

 milk low in fat, but not to the extent of the pooling sys- 

 tem. The latter system considers the cheese-producing 

 power of all milk to be the same. It favors the dairy- 

 man with low-testing milk. The fat basis for payment 

 recognizes only the fat and is an advantage to the dairy- 

 man with the high-testing milk but not to the extent that 

 the pooling system is in favor of the low-testing milk. 

 The fat-plus-two method recognizes 2 per cent of casein 

 in the milk. This favors the dairy-men with low-testing 

 milk. Other methods 1 of paying for milk have been 

 devised. Because the actual yield of cheese from the milk 

 of different herds cannot be easily determined at the cheese 

 factory, this method of payment cannot be employed. 

 In localities in which all the dairy-men have the same 

 breed of cattle and there is not a wide variation in the 

 fat percentage, the fat basis is usually found to be the 

 most satisfactory way to pay for the milk. 



327. Laws governing the production and sale of milk. 

 -Many states have laws regulating the sanitary condi- 

 tions under which the milk may be produced. These 

 laws relate principally to the condition of the stables, the 

 health of the cow, the food given the cow, and the care of 

 the milk. The following law 2 of Wisconsin is a good 

 example : 



" Adulterated milk, what constitutes. Section 4607a. In 

 all prosecutions under the preceding section, or any other sec- 

 tion of these statutes, or laws amendatory thereof or supple- 

 mentary thereto, relating to the sale of adulterated milk or 

 adulterated cream, the term adulterated milk shall mean: 

 milk containing less than three per centum of milk fat, or milk 



1 Sammis, J. L., Correct payment for cheese factory milk by 

 the Babcock test, Wis. Exp. Sta. Bui. 276, 1917. 



2 Dairy Laws of Wisconsin, 1916, section 4607a. 



