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inserted. This system must prove an enormous boon, especially 

 to the poorer classes who are living amidst squalid surroundings 

 where milk under ordinary circumstances, exposed to an atmosphere 

 teeming with disease germs, speedily becomes unfit for food, and a 

 certain medium for the transmission of disease. It is claimed that 

 the Company by selling milk at a reduced rate to infant schools 

 and other charitable institutions, besides distributing considerable 

 quantities gratis amongst the very poor, as well as by the sale 

 of specially prepared milk for infants, has become a powerful 

 agency in promoting the health of the city of Copenhagen. The 

 Town Councils of Glasgow and Dundee have recently opened 

 depots for the sale of children's milk prepared in this way. 



Not only has there been this direct advantage, but indirectly 

 by bringing home to the inhabitants the value of a wholesome 

 supply of milk, the standard of the trade has been raised, and 

 rival concerns have been formed, working on similar, or even more 

 progressive lines. Like all other similar places in Denmark, the 

 premises were faultlessly clean, and the utensils kept in splendid 

 condition. The employees, of whom there are IHO at work daily, 

 were clean in person, and neatly and appropriately apparelled. As 

 already explained, the milk begins to arrive about 9 p.m., and work 

 is carried on till 1 a.m., and again resumed by another shift of 

 workers at 3 a.m. An important part of the work is the cleansing 

 of the milk cans and bottles. The system of cleansing is as 

 follows : — 



The cans are rinsed by means of a cold water spray three at a 

 time, then scrubbed with hot water and soda, after which they are 

 placed on a revolving wheel and immersed in a tank of lime water, 

 and finally sterilised by jets of steam and boiling water driven into 

 them at high pressure, and then placed on racks to drip. The 

 bottles are washed with warm water and soda, then scrubbed 

 inside with a revolving brush, and then rinsed out with cold water. 

 As at the Danish Milk Supply Company's place, previously de- 

 scribed, the breakage of bottles here would seem to be a heavy 

 item. On inquiry it was found that as many as 30,000 bottles 

 were broken per annum. To Mr Busck, the manager, every credit 

 is due for initiating and planning and carrying out this great 

 undertaking. 



Mention should be made of the enormous ice store on the 

 premises in which 3000 tons of ice, obtained from the lakes in the 

 district, are annually stored. 



The prices obtained for the different products are as follows : — 



For half-skimmed milk, or milk containing 1 per cent, of fat, 

 5d. per gallon ; butter milk, the same price ; whole milk, lOd. per 

 gallon ; and infants' milk, Is. per gallon. Cream is sold in two 

 qualities. No. 1 at 5s. per gallon, and No. 2 at 3s. per gallon. 

 Milk and cream not sold as such are churned and sold as butter 

 and butter milk. 



