CHAPTER XIII 



THE DAIRY INSPECTOR 



FARMERS OBJECT TO INSPECTION 



MOST dairy farmers object to the visits of the 

 dairy inspector. City and state departments of 

 health often send them to visit dairy farms. Some 

 of them have had practical experience in dairy- 

 ing and some have not. The score cards which 

 they use to score the cow-stable, milk-house, and 

 utensils often greatly annoy the dairyman, be- 

 cause they emphasize details which seem to the 

 dairyman to be unimportant. Cement floors, 

 smooth walls, light and ventilation, iron stan- 

 chions, separate drinking troughs, the condition 

 of the manure pile and the barnyard, are com- 

 mon subjects on which the dairy inspector gives 

 the farmer advice and instructions. 



The public is entitled to good, clean milk. 

 The authorities ought to take action against dis- 

 honest dairymen who sell milk which is dirty or 



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