THE PASTEURIZATION OF MILK 



ists in modern trade, some dealers consider that 

 they are justified in doing some things which are 

 objected to by public boards of control. Some- 

 times milkmen will endeavor to save a perishable 

 product by the use of preservatives. This form of 

 adulteration, however, is at present very little 

 practised. 



The importance which attaches to the public or 

 communal control of milk is not the only force 

 which is lifting to a higher level the character of 

 the milk sold to the public. Milk dealers them- 

 selves are realizing more and more that modern 

 conditions are such that only the best and the 

 most efficiently produced and handled product can 

 remain in the market. They are therefore be- 

 coming more and more active in establishing 

 means for effectively controlling their own sup- 

 plies. The methods employed are various. Asso- 

 ciations of men have been formed, the object of 

 which is to secure mutually useful advice and to 

 give each other the benefits of individual expe- 

 riences. 



The larger dealers establish within their own 

 organizations an efficient inspection service and 

 seek by means of laboratory tests and research 

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