Xo. 4.] MILK. 41 



Inspection of Milk. 



There should be some system of inspection of lierds sup- 

 plying cities with milk, not only as to the health of the ani- 

 mals, but of the cleanliness of the stables, the amount of air 

 and sunlight they receive, and care of milk at the farm. 



The farmers should commence to agitate this, not only to 

 show that they are interested in the quality of the product 

 they sell, but to gain friends among customers. It is of 

 recent years only that milk supplies have come to be re- 

 garded as of importance to public health. The general 

 public are rapidly becoming convinced that milk is of very 

 doubtful pm'ity many times. Here the producer can make 

 a reputation for himself as always producing milk from a 

 sanitary stand-point. "We as farmers must take active steps 

 to free the product from any suspicion. 



There is a growing tendency among producers to improve 

 the quality of milk by the introduction of Guernsey and 

 Jersey cows. In the city I come from they have an in- 

 spector of milk ; he not only takes samples of milk from 

 carts and from stores, to ascertain the quality or amount of 

 butter fat, but he goes into the country and inspects the 

 dairies that produce milk for the city. If the stables and 

 utensils used in handling milk are not in proper shape, clean 

 and in order, the farmer is requested to get things in shape, 

 so that on a second visit the inspector will find things all 

 right ; if not, the milk cannot be sold in the city. The 

 inspector is doing good work, and we begin to see marked 

 improvement in surroundings at the farms. 



Consumers have an Interest. 

 The consumers have a duty to perform, to provide clean 

 and pure vessels, and have a suitable place to set away the 

 milk where there is an abundance of pure air. Some })eoplc 

 are most unreasonable in their complaints and demands upon 

 the milkmen. These, and sharp competition between rival 

 dealers, are two chief causes of dishonesty in the milk busi- 

 ness. When a milk ]K>ddl(>r knows that he is delivering the 

 best of milk, and complaint is made that it is not 3'ellow 



