Conclusion. 



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in May of this year. From a milk wagon, gorgeously 

 appointed, a clean man was distributing dainty glass 

 jars with milk to the basements of different resi- 

 dences ; it struck me as a model arrangement, until 

 I saw the man return with a load of empty jars. 

 They had not been cleaned after emptying out the 

 milk, and were in a state of disgusting filth and sour- 

 ness. I imagine that if this milkman would object 

 to receiving the bottles in this disgraceful condition 

 the family would speedily find another milkman, 

 less fanciful. 



Fig. 26-RINSING VAT. 



As for the premises required by the establishment, 

 they should be of the same size as a creamery hand- 

 ling the same quantity of milk. There should cer- 

 tainly be four separate rooms, the first for the receiv- 

 ing vat, cooler, heater and separator ; the second for 

 the mixing, weighing and bottling ; the third for the 

 sterilizer ; the fourth for the cleansing of bottles and 

 utensils. All floors should be cement laid, and on 

 the same level, so that trucks carrying milk or bottles 



