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little too radical, and have not always met the producer half 

 way. The health officer should have patience, and should 

 endeavor to point out to the dairyman his faults, and give 

 him a fair chance to improve before condemning him. Co- 

 operating is a good deal better than clubbing. Of course 

 it is understood that the persistently dirty dairyman must be 

 dealt with with a firm hand; but the point that I want to 

 emphasize is, that the majority of dairymen are not wilfully 

 dirty, and that they are willing to do anything reasonable; 

 but they need to be condemned less, and assisted and encour- 

 aged and instructed more. If the inspector could be looked 

 upon as an instructor, rather than as an official inspector on 

 police duty, many of the difficulties between health boards 

 and dairymen would disappear. Such instructions should be 

 given right at the dairy farm, with the dairyman on the spot, 

 and it should be given by capable and practical men. The 

 dairyman has often had good reason for objecting to inspec- 

 tion. For example, an inspection force was appointed in a 

 western city recently, which consisted of an engineer, a de- 

 tective, a solicitor, a machinist and an ex-policeman, — a 

 good example of what politics is doing for a number of our 

 cities. We have colleges and dairy schools for training men 

 for this work, and if they are not doing it, they ought to; 

 and if they are doing it, then there is no excuse for not secur- 

 ing such men for this work. 



The Score Card as an Aid to Inspection. — The score-card 

 system of rating dairies has been of much assistance in lessen- 

 ing friction between inspector and dairymen. Its advantages 

 have been demonstrated in a large number of cities; and have 

 proved helpful in the following ways : ■ — • 



(1) In giving the dairies a definite, mathematical rating, 

 which is much better than using general terms, as good, fair, 

 bad, etc. 



(2) In pointing out defects, and showing where improve- 

 ments can be made and often at little expense. 



(3) The system gives little opportunity for favoritism, as 

 each branch of the dairy has a definite number of points as- 

 signed to it. 



(4) The system encourages confidence among dairymen in 



