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the can, it is an, easy matter for an equal 

 number to be deposited in removing and 

 closing the top. In the delivery of the 

 product of .one day, some of the larger 

 .dairymen have the milk exposed on the 

 ptreet fully two hours to receive the dust 

 ?md dirt. The catching of 200,000 or 

 300,000 germs in 15 gallons of milk is not 

 much, when we consider that very bad 

 milk may contain as many as 3,000,000 

 germs in 15 drops. But the germs com- 

 ing from the street multiply with tremen- 

 dous rapidity, and in a short time are a 

 decided factor in the souring process. 

 . , In the delivery of milk by the dipping 

 process, the infection does not end with 

 the delivery co the customer. The milk 

 is r nearly always received in an open ves- 

 sel and carried to the house, another per- 

 iod of exposure, sometimes is not placed 

 in the proper storage place at once, another 

 exposure, and not infrequently in vessels 

 used for the same purpose the day before 

 and having only been rinsed, another ex- 

 posure. The dairyman may plead that he 

 is not responsible for what happens to the 

 m41k after it leaves his hands, but if the 

 delivery is made so as to avoid all these, 

 it is to his credit. The delivery from the 

 bpttom of the t can has the advantage over 

 delivery from the top in that it avoids ex- 

 posure in the can. 



.The delivery of milk in small milk pails 

 or glass cans sepures uniformity to all 

 customers and obviates all the exposure 

 incident to the other methods. The small 

 pail is only applicable to the delivery of 

 limited quantities of milk, and therefore 

 nepd not be considered as a method in 

 city delivery. In bottle delivery the milk 

 is exposed t,9 only .such germs as are pre- 

 sent when it leaves the premises. . No 

 cans are opened, no dust or dirt from the 

 street enters, it is not received in an un- 

 clean bow],. .but remains, in its original 

 package -until ready for use. The most 

 serious..ob.jeution that can be, urged is that 

 the bottlejmay be used by a family where 



there is sickness one day, and be delivered 

 t,o another .family the next, This neces- 

 sitates thorough cleanliness and steriliza- 

 tion, otherwise this may be made a more 

 serious menace to health than the can. 

 No bottle should ever be accepted from a 

 customer as being clean. After a thor- 

 ough cleaning the final treatment should 

 be in the steam sterilizer. This will in- 

 sure no germs and the maximum of effici- 

 ency in preventing souring. The objec- 

 tion from the standpoint of the dairyman 

 is that it is an .expensive method, owing 

 to the extra labor involved and the break- 

 age of bottles. 



TO IMPORT EUROPEAN FARMERS. 



Mrs. Eugene H. Grubb of Carbondale, 

 Colo., passed through Chicago last week 

 on a somewhat peculiar mission. She is 

 going to England, France, Germany and 

 Holland, to the latter country mainly for 

 the purpose of aiding her husband in find- 

 ing three or four hundred families who 

 will come to Colorado, settle down in the 

 irrigated sections, and build up the sugar 

 beet raising industry, the belief being that 

 the Hollanders, who are thoroughly ac- 

 quainted with the use of ditches for the 

 purpose of keeping water off the farming 

 lands of their- own country will be parti- 

 cularly useful in .the use of ditches used 

 for irrigating purposes. Mrs. Grubb's re- 

 lations will be principally with the women 

 and children of Holland, this being, the 

 labor largely employed in the sugar beet 

 culture. 



Mrs. Grubb is accompanied by her hus- 

 band, who has extensive landed interests 

 in Colorado, and wno has always been in- 

 terested in irrigation matters. He headed 

 the Colorado delegation at the irrigation 

 congress held in, this city a year ago. He 

 carries influential letters to the Prime 

 Minister of Holland, which, it is believed, 

 will further the cause he seeks to advance. 

 The visit to the countries other than Hoi- 



