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sity of cleanliness? That milk cows should be clean goes 

 without saying. That their udders should be washed and 

 dried is an accepted proposition. That the hands and clothing 

 of the milker should be clean every one admits. That the 

 utensils holding the milk should be sterilized after every use 

 is acknowledged by all. That every possible means of excluding 

 dust and dirt should be used njo one denies. In spite of all 

 this knowledge, however, on the part of the producer, and in 

 spite of a reasonable effort on the part of many producers to 

 secure conditions of this kind, it is not always possible to see 

 them fulfilled. As a producer I should say that he should do 

 all these things, or else look to another line of agricultural 

 activity for his support. 



I think you will gather from what I have said above that I 

 have not changed my views in regard to the milk problem 

 since I became a producer. I have only changed my point of 

 view. I want the producer of milk to be regarded as a friend 

 and not an enemy of the community. I want to see the stigma 

 which attaches to the milk trade removed. I want to live to 

 see the day when the man who makes beer cannot truthfully 

 go before an audience, as he can now, and offer a sterilized, 

 clean product, and compare it with the ordinary milk which 

 the consumer buys, with no praise for the milk. I want to see 

 a sentiment in this country which will compel the keeping of 

 disease-free cows in a sanitary way, and at the same time a 

 generous support of the men who do this, so that they may 

 come out at least without financial loss in their efforts to serve 

 the community. Milk is the most important of our foods 

 because of its necessity for the infant and the child. We must 

 protect humanity in its tender years. We must have pure, 

 clean, Vv^holesome milk. We producers must make this kind of 

 milk. You who are consumers must pay for this kind of milk. 



While Dr. Wiley was speaking to the milk inspectors, Mr. 

 F. W. Rane, presiding ofiicer in the main hall, introduced Mr. 

 H. F. Hall of Camden, New Jersey, who spoke on "Utilization 

 of Surplus Farm Products." 



