Sixteen certified dairies supplying various cities in the United 

 States were visited and scored by a representative of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. They showed a score varying 

 from 79 to 99.5%. 



In all cases the cows were in almost perfect condition. Averag- 

 ing the scores for all conditions, one dairy was found to score 

 below 80%, three over 80% and less than 90; two scored 99 and 

 two 99.5%. The average score for all dairies was 93.4%. Com- 

 paring these conditions with the average of some 2,000 dairies pro- 

 ducing ordinary market milk for city consumption, and which were 

 also scored by the United States Department of Agriculture, we find 

 a striking contrast, the average score for the latter being about 50%. 



In conclusion, I would say as a suggestion that it would seem 

 desirable that all Medical Milk Commissions in this State adopt 

 the use of the official score card recommended by the American 

 Medical Milk Commissions as soon as it is prepared; not for the 

 purpose of reporting all inspections at the dairy, but that it be- 

 used at intervals during the year for the information of the mem- 

 bers of the local Commissions and of other Milk Commissions. 



Discussion of paper, "The Use of the Score Card in Dairy Inspec- 

 tion," by Chester Roadhouse, D. V. M. : 



Mr. F. W. Andraesen (Secretary StaU Dairy Bureau), I would 

 like to state that in April, 1905, the State Dairy Bureau of Cali- 

 fornia adopted a score card, and believe that some official from 

 the Agricultural Department at Washington assisted in preparing 

 it. This card has been in use in this State ever since. At a later 

 date, 1908, an excellent and very complete score card was adopted 

 by the United States Department of Agriculture. The State Dairy 

 Bureau, of this State, did not at that time think it advisable to 

 change the card already in use in this State. First, because the 

 one in use seemed well adapted to the conditions on this Coast, 

 and the Department of Agriculture in their Circular No. 139 say, 

 "In traveling across the country we find the dairy conditions 

 somewhat varied, particularly in respect to climate. For example, 

 in the New England and Central State the temperature frequently 

 drops several degrees below zero during the winter months. This 

 necessitates tight barns and an automatic system of ventilation, 

 together with a reasonable amount of air space, if the animals are 

 to be kept comfortable and healthy. On the other hand, there are 

 sections in the South and on the Pacijic Coast where the stables 

 are simply open sheds, which afford all the protection necessary. 

 Here sunlight, ventilation, and air space are unlimited, ana tnese 

 points hardly need to be included in a score card." Cows in this 

 State are not kept in the barn more 'than two hours at a time, only 

 just long enough to milk and feed them. The State Dairy Bureau 

 has a large territory to cover, and but little money to work with, 

 and therefore cannot go so completely into details as the United 

 States Agricultural Department or some of the large cities in the 

 United States. A dairy inspector employed by a city to inspect 

 the conditions under which the milk supply for that city is pro- 

 duced is expected to visit every dairy supplying milk once a month, 

 and if he has once measured and calculated the cubic feet of air 

 space, the sona.re feet of glass per cow, in every stable in his 



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