DAIRY SCORE CARDS 117 



nailed on the wall of the milk-house or of the 

 dairy barn. They are the chief weapon of the 

 dairy inspector. All score cards lay too much 

 emphasis on surroundings and too little emphasis 

 on milk. 



The most popular score card has been one 

 endorsed by federal authorities, often called the 

 United States score card. Even in the hands of 

 the most experienced and intelligent dairy in- 

 spectors, it is impossible by the use of this card to 

 distinguish between the dairy producing unclean 

 milk containing millions of bacteria, and the dairy 

 producing sanitary milk containing a few hun- 

 dred bacteria. The reason for this is that the 

 United States score card fails to place the em- 

 phasis on the few things of most importance in 

 clean milk production. 



After all, the object of the dairyman and of 

 the dairy inspector is to secure good milk, there- 

 fore a good score card should lay the emphasis 

 on those things which chiefly affect the sanitary 

 character of milk. Below is a new score card 

 which aims to do this. 



