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milk which he has to sell. The only way in which public con- 

 fidence can be established in a matter of this kind is through 

 the action of the public health authorities. A National Com- 

 mission on Milk Standards, composed of twenty of the leading 

 public health authorities on milk, has been nominated and 

 financed by the New York milk committee. This commission, 

 after four years of deliberation, has recommended that market 

 milk be divided into three grades, which are identified by the 

 capital letters. A, B and C. "Grade A milk" is the title given 

 to the best milk. Under this grade is included raw milk from 

 tuberculin-tested cows, produced and handled by employees 

 under medical examination, in sanitary dairies, conforming to a 

 standard of from 10,000 to 100,000 bacteria, which is milk cor- 

 responding in character to certified milk, and selling for from 

 15 to 25 cents per quart. But, more important than this, 

 under this same grade is a pasteurized milk which has a standard 

 of from 30,000 to 200,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter before 

 pasteurization, and 10,000 after pasteurization. This milk is 

 more important because it can be furnished to consumers at 

 not more than 10 cents per quart, and it can be produced in 

 ordinary dairy barns. This "Grade A pasteurized milk" is 

 destined to be the household milk of the future. It is the milk 

 upon which the dairy industry is destined to build a new busi- 

 ness. This is the milk which will be furnished by the rank and 

 file of dairy farmers, and in the production of which they can 

 secure higher prices. 



Already on the New York City market there is for sale over 

 150,000 quarts per day of this "Grade A pasteurized milk," 

 which is now retailed by practically all of the large milk com- 

 panies selling milk in New York City. There are 34 shipping 

 stations producing this milk for the city of New York. The 

 State of New York has passed regulations of the same kind, 

 grading the milk supply of the entire State into three grades. 

 The cities of Jersey City and Newark, New Jersey, and Rich- 

 mond, Virginia, have adopted similar regulations. 



This clean milk business has advanced so rapidly that it is the 

 most remarkable event that has occurred in recent years in the 

 dairy business. There is more profit for the milk producer and 

 for the milk dealer, and better milk for the milk consumer. 



