CONTROL OF THE PUBLIC MILK SUPPLY 



457 



Sometimes it is possible to set up a milk booth at some local bazaar 

 or even to organize a milk show at which lectures are given, lantern 

 slides or moving pictures of the local dairies are exhibited and perhaps a 

 milk and cream contest, with prizes for the best milk, is staged. The 

 object of these contests is twofold. First, the dairymen who enter the 

 contest learn a great deal in a practical way about sanitary milk produc- 

 tion and this lesson is never unlearned. Besides, the success of the prize 

 winners whets the ambition of others so that they bestir themselves to 

 do better. Second, the public is always interested in a contest and a 

 successfully managed competition always excites lively discussion of all 

 phases of the milk question. The judges should be selected with care and 

 the milk and cream should be scored on the cards of the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, facsimiles of which appear on pages 456, 457 and 458. 



SCORE CARD FOR MILK 



(Back) 



DIRECTIONS FOR SCORING 



Bacteria per Cubic Centimeter Perfect Score, 35 



Points 



Under 500 35.0 



500- 1,000 



1,001- 1,500 



1,501- 2,000 34.7 



2,001- 2,500 34.6 



, 2,501- 3,000 34, 



3,001- 3,500 34 



3,501- 4,000 34. 



4,001- 5,000 34, 



5,001- 6,000 33, 



6,001- 7,000 33. 



7,001- 8,000 33. 



8,001- 9,000 33, 



9,001-10,000 33. 



10,001-11,000 32. 



11,001-12,000 32. 



12,001-13,000 32. 



13,001-14,000 32. 



14,001-15,000 32. 



15,001-20,000 31 . 



20,001-25,000 30. 



NOTE. When the number of bacteria per cubic centimeter exceeds the local legal 

 limit the score shall be 0. 



Flavor and Odor Perfect Score, 25 



Deductions for disagreeable or foreign odor or flavor should be made according to 

 conditions found. When possible to recognize the cause of the difficulty it should 

 be described under Remarks. 



