THE NEW EARTH 



One writer goes so far as to say, "Any milk 

 which shows a sediment on the bottom of a 

 transparent vessel upon standing one hour is 

 not fit for human food." 



But reform in methods since the New Earth 

 began, and particularly in the last ten years 

 or less, has done much to safeguard the health 

 of the people. Dirt has been shown to be 

 unprofitable, as well as dangerous to health. 

 The untidy milkman of the old order of 

 things finds himself left behind in the race. 

 All manner of dirt-excluding devices, search- 

 ing inspection of suspected dairies, with official 

 warnings that cattle must be kept clean and 

 stables clean and utensils as nearly immaculate 

 as soap and water will make them, these have 

 all had their bearing. The fact that the Illi- 

 nois State Dairymen's Association, at their 

 meeting held at the agricultural college of that 

 state, sat down not long ago to an elaborate 

 lunch in the cow-stables of the college, at a 

 long table extending down the center of the 

 stables, from which the members could all but 

 touch the stalls from their seats, and all with 

 no offense to sight or smell, suggests how the 

 new order of things is displacing the old. 



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