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for every conceivable substance from paints, oil and varnish to dyes, urine 

 samples and anatomical specimens. Of course some such bottles are un- 

 cleanable while others are so with difficulty and at added expense. In 

 some cities it is a misdemeanor to fill a bottle with another substance 

 than milk and the code makes it incumbent on the customers to wash 

 milk bottles before returning them to the dealer. To protect the milk 

 dealer in the sole use of his containers a law has recently been enacted 

 in New York State permitting the owner to place his mark upon his milk 

 cans, jars, bottles and register it with the Commissioner of Agriculture. 

 The possession of these containers by another is held presumptive evidence 

 of the violation of the law. 



Paper Bottles. The attempt has been made but not successfully to 

 introduce paper bottles. The chief advantages from such bottles would 



Courtesylflf Stephen Francisco. 



FIG. 45. Bottle sterilizer and bottle-washing machine at the Fairfield Dairy, 



Caldwell, N. J. 



come from the fact that they are light and therefore easy to handle, that 

 they would be used but once and, so, would cut out the drudgery and 

 expense of washing and the breakage bill. Their disadvantages are that 

 they are expensive, lack strength and not being transparent prevent the 

 customer from judging of their cleanliness and of that of their contents 

 and from observing the cream line. 



