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mum count grow lower. The tendency of consumers to select milk with 

 low counts acts in the same way. Many believe that the publication of 

 analyses makes the marketing of good milk profitable. Some take the 

 rather doubtful ground that the board has done its duty when it makes 

 known the quality of the various milks on the market and that it is then 



FIG. 63. Bacteria in the same quantity of milk from different sources. 



Fig. 1. Exceptionally pure milk. 



Fig. 2. Blauyelt, Geo. M. Canfield, Fairfield certified. 

 Fig. 3. Hamilton, Fairfield Nursery, Van Reyper. 

 Fig. 4. Puritan Dairy, Offhouse. 

 Fig. 5. Croot, Borden M. H. Canfield, O' Dowd. 

 Fig. 6. Dirty milk. 

 (From the 14th. Annual Report of the Board of Health of the Town of Montclair, N. J.) 



the public's own fault if it uses the inferior ones. Others feel that it is 

 the duty of the board to protect the public from the folly of choosing the 

 poorer milks. Many argue that the publication of scores and analyses is 

 an ineffective way of getting good results, that these should be employed 

 to the benefit of the public and dealers by using them in grading the milk. 

 This seems to be the opinion of the Committee of the International Milk 



