No. 4.] MILK. 45 



cream separator and a Babcock milk tester. Call the stand- 

 ard 4 per cent milk; if the dealer is putting out 4.5 per 

 cent milk, he is losing one-half of 1 per cent ; and on a 

 large amount of milk, say 4,000 quarts, he is losing many 

 dollars a da}', and in the year thousands. 



Important Points for the Farmer. 



Every farmer should be made to realize the importance of 

 carino; for the milk ; that there is no other food that will 

 absorb bad odors so quickly as will milk, or deteriorate more 

 rapidly under adverse conditions. 



No other food is produced under conditions where it is so 

 difficult to prevent contamination. I have asked my dairy- 

 men to use more sanitary methods in handling their milk, 

 and it has resulted in failure. Their reason is, they say, 

 that milk cannot be produced under sanitary conditions for 

 the prevailing prices. Nevertheless, if the dairymen would 

 produce milk under sanitary conditions, and so advertise 

 and ask the public to inspect their methods, their product 

 would not go begging ; the consumer would be willing to 

 pay advanced prices. 



If the farmer would conduct dairies where milk is pro- 

 duced and handled in as clean and wholesome a manner as 

 milk can be made ; have his cows in good condition, free 

 from disease ; use nothing but wholesome feeds ; have the 

 stable well lighted and ventilated, often thoroughly cleaned ; 

 cows kept clean and comfortable ; the attendants healthy and 

 clean ; the utensils sterilized daily ; the milk promptly cooled 

 after milking to 45°, — it would not he long before his 

 produce would be sought after, and he would find no difficulty 

 in disposing of it at advanced prices. 



The shortest distance between two points is a straight 

 line. Let the dairyman get down to business at once. 



Growing Demant) for Cream. 

 The sale of cream to be used on the table has greatly 

 increased in the past few years, and is increasing at a rate 

 of about 25 per cent over the preceding year. This has 

 been my experience with the market. 



