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makes it repugnant to them. No other food is more health- 

 ful and economical than milk when pure, and none is more 

 dangerous to health when carelessly handled. If people 

 were aAvare of the true food value of milk, they would use 

 it more freely than they now do, to the advantage of both 

 health and economy. Many people think milk a luxury. 



It has been stated that a quart of 3 per cent milk, costing 

 5 cents, will furnish about the same amount of nutrition as 

 three-fourths of a pound of meat, costing 9 cents. It is 

 surely more economical to use less meat and more milk, as 

 we find in milk all the elements needed to nourish the body. 



The value of milk as a food is not as well understood as it 

 should be, which undoubtedly accounts for the fact that, 

 while ours is one of the great dairy countries of the world, 

 we do not consume more than one-third the amount per capita 

 that is used in some European countries. 



The Standardizing of Milk. 



I think the time is not far distant when this system will 

 be generally used ; it is the only fair way to market milk. 

 This can be accomplished by adding skim milk or cream, as 

 the case may be, to bring the milk to the required per cent of 

 butter fat and solids. A 4 per cent milk is a good standard ; 

 at the prevailing prices over the State it is all the seller can 

 afford, and it is as much as the purchaser should ask for. 

 To illustrate the standardizing of milk as the only fair way 

 to all parties interested, let me cite an instance which 

 occurred in my city. 



The analysis of two samples, taken from two dairies, A 

 and B, as the milk was brought in from the country, showed 

 the percentage of fat in one case to be 2.8 and in the other 

 4.6. As a basis for computation, let us assume that the 

 standard quality as prescribed by law (3.7) is of value to 

 the producer the price 31/0 cents and to the consumer 7 cents 

 per quart. A has been paid 25 j)er cent more and B 20 

 per cent less than the value of their products. In return 

 for the investment of 70 cents (10-quart cans), and the 

 labor and expense required to bring your purchase into the 

 city, the middleman has in his possession, with intent to sell, 



