CONTROL OF THE PUBLIC MILK SUPPLY 



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of milk control. A firm stand should be taken against false or misleading 

 labeling. 



The bureau should be informed as to whether one or two deliveries 

 a day are made, approximately the territory each dealer covers, the 

 number of wagons he employs, the length of time the milk is on the wagon, 

 its temperature when delivered to the consumer and what is done with 

 the milk that is returned undelivered to the milk plant. It should be 

 assured that the regulations in regard to the removal of bottles from 

 premises harboring cases of communicable disease are complied with. 



Courtesy of J. O. Jordan. 



FIG. 61. Sale of dipped milk in a small shop. Note that the top of the milk tank 



is foul from milk splashings. ^ 



Sale of Milk in Stores. The sale of milk in stores ought to be closely 

 watched. Generally it is small provision stores in the poorer and more 

 congested parts of the city that deal in milk and usually they carry it 

 rather for the accommodation of their patrons than with the expectation 

 of making money out of it; therefore, they take little care of it. The 

 stores themselves are often poorly furnished and cluttered with all sorts 

 of small merchandise, consequently they are unclean and smelly. In 

 short, the sale of milk in them is to be tolerated rather than encouraged. 

 Yet they do considerable trade. The replies to letters of inquiry sent 

 out by the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1911, to 47 cities having 

 an aggregate population of 451,239, showed that these cities averaged 

 1,256 milk-selling stores or one store to every 359 inhabitants. Of these 



