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Dealers and Producers — Value Milk Surveys 

 Milk surveys were made in twenty-nine cities and towns. The following table 

 shows the number of tests made in these surveys: 



Reductase tests ........ 1,958 



Sediment tests .... 



Temperatures .... 



Butter fat tests .... 



Total solid tests .... 



Specific gravity tests 



Samples collected for bacterial counts 



Dealers' plants visited . 



Farms visited .... 



4,034 



^2,088 



.594 



30 



43 



593 



443 



713 



A greater appreciation of tl>e value of this work has been noticealile among both 

 the dealers and the producers. The willingness of the producer to invest money 

 in equipment is apparent in practically every market. In Marlborough twelve 

 producers selling to one dealer purchased mechanical refrigeration outfits. Many 

 farmers have built new milk houses and remodelled their barns as a result of these 

 survevs. 



Producers 4,154 Reductase Tests 



Dealers 521 Sediment Tests . 



Temperatures 2,688 



1,9.58 

 4,034 



Miijc Surveys in Framingham Prove Beneficial 

 A request was made by the Framingham Milk Producers' Association and the 

 Framingham Milk Dealers' Association for a series of special surveys of the quality 

 of milk coming into that market. Starting in April, five monthly surveys were 

 made. The results, from the standpoint of improvement, were quite remarkable. 

 This work was done with the primary object of working out a plan for the payment 



