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been desirous to create, one which is producing much 

 good to themselves, and which confers a benefit upon a 

 larger number of city families than could otherwise be 

 reached, and vastly greater than they have any idea of. 

 <I have offered a premium to the farmer who, by the doc- 

 tor's report, has the best record at the end of a certain 

 specified time. 



All the milk sent from this farm (except such as is 

 known as special, being always from the same cow, and 

 wanted for invalids and infants) is put into a large 

 tank, made at an expense of several hundred dollars, be- 

 cause constructed of the best and purest materials. After 

 being sufficiently cooled in this tank, which is surrounded 

 by iced water so as to extract the animal heat as quickly 

 as possible, the milk is drawn, twenty bottles being filled 

 at the same time, through as many nickel-plated faucets. 

 It is only in this way that consumers can have milk of 

 unvarying quality. Every precaution that can be thought 

 of is taken. All the milk is strained and re-strained 

 most carefully. Each of the glass bottles in which it is 

 shipped is sealed with a label upon which is printed the 

 date it leaves the dairy. Twenty bottles are packed in a 

 strong wooden box, which is locked before it leaves the 

 dairy. These boxes are placed in a railroad car, which is 

 locked by my men, and unlocked by the agents at New 

 York. It will be seen by the picture of the bottles used, 

 that the families who take the milk are required to wash 

 them. This should be done as soon as they are emptied. 

 Two, and sometimes three persons are kept busy at the 

 agency washing them, as they are taken there by the men 

 who distribute the milk, and five persons are kept 



