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culty is felt by the dealers, who dispose of it as well as they can, or 

 else pitch it into the sewers. For bread-making it is an excellent 

 thing, and the great bakeries would no doubt use it extensively 

 if they could have a regular supply of it. Such a supply is 

 forthcoming in cases where a considerable cream trade exists. 



Complaints have been recently heard to the effect that some 

 dealers mix their separated milk with the next new milk they 

 receive. This is an efficient method of lowering the quality of 

 milk without specific adulteration, but the mixture is deficient 

 in cream if much of the separated article be added. The best 

 end of separated milk is to have it sold, if possible, at a penny 

 a quart ; and it is well worth the money. The next is to feed 

 it to pigs or calves, to the cows themselves, and to young 

 horses, for all of which it is excellent ; but to do this it must 

 be kept in the country, for these animals cannot be kept in the 

 town. 



The Central Dairy Farmers' Association not long ago 

 resolved to ask the Minister of Agriculture to bring in a Bill to 

 establish stringent regulations against selling separated milk 

 as new, or mixing it with new milk. There is only too much 

 reason for this, and the present state of affairs was well declared 

 to be a detriment to producers, retailers, and consumers. It 

 is to be hoped that such legislation will not long be delayed, 

 for it would be welcome to all honest people, and rogues deserve 

 no mercy. 



At the same meeting of the Association a resolution was 

 adopted urging the necessity of having a standard quality for 

 milk fixed for the whole of the country. A minimum standard 

 is meant, and in this case the one cited on p. 140 might, per- 

 haps, meet the requirements of the farmers, the dealers, and 

 the public. A recognised and compulsory standard would be 

 an advantage to everybody concerned. 



A Difficult Point. 



On the other side of the picture there exists the difficulty of 

 adequate payment for milk that is unusually rich in solids. 



