DR. G. R. PISEK'S PAPER 343 



purchase a dairy at Homer, New York, near Syracuse. 

 This was fitted out as a central plant where milk 

 could be scientifically pasteurized and bottled, and the 

 utensils used by the farmers sterilized. A group of 

 farmers with ordinary farm equipment were induced 

 by premiums to sell their milk to this creamery and 

 adopt the methods prescribed by the company ; instead 

 of compelling the farmer to build an expensive plant 

 such as is ordinarily used for producing certified milk, 

 he was simply asked to keep his stables and cows and 

 milkers reasonably clean and use a special milk-pail 

 provided with a small opening at the side of the top, 

 the top being covered so that no dust would fall in 

 the milk. When the milking was done the pail was 

 capped and sent direct to the creamery, where it was 

 emptied, then cleaned and thoroughly sterilized at 

 the central plant. After this it was sealed with the 

 cap and sent back to the farm, not to be opened until 

 the next milking time. By this process, with no 

 additional expense to the farmer, it was possible to 

 produce milk equal to the 15 cent and 20 cent certi- 

 fied milk at 8 and 9 cents per quart. This company 

 now has a contract for providing the municipal milk 

 stations. 



Another question that arises in this connection is 

 what type of milk to advise for use in the poor home 

 the milk which will be produced preferably for 

 drinking purposes for the mother and the children ? 

 It should be that milk which is cheapest and shall 

 have the qualities of a life-giving and " not a life- 

 destroying fluid. It should come from healthy tuber- 

 culin tested cattle, and contain not more than 100,000 

 bacteria with a fat content not less than 3-5 per cent. 

 If this milk is then pasteurized according to modern 

 methods at the receiving plant located near the dairies, 

 it will have qualifications that make it eminently suit- 

 able for use in the poor home, i.e., it will be less 

 liable to atmospheric changes ; to deterioration from 



