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Number eleven : Old milk with tainted smell. Excessive number 

 of bacteria. 



Number thirteen : Samples from experiment station herd, taken 

 directly after milking. Cows clean, well bedded, stable clean and 

 well ventilated. With one exception, milk contained few bacteria, 

 and mostly harmless species. Sample collected Feb. 14 contained 

 an excessive number, nearly all being slow liquefiers. A number of 

 cows suffering from bowel epidemic which explains trouble. 



Number fourteen : Milk supply was obtained from a number of 

 producers. Sanitary conditions at distributing center were bad. 

 The milk contained altogether too large a number of bacteria and 

 the percentage of liquefiers in many cases was excessive. Many 

 samples had a rank odor. 



Number fifteen : Peddler supplied by a number of producers. In 

 majority of cases not an excessive total number of bacteria ; in some 

 cases too many liquefiers. The milk, as a rule, was free from objec- 

 tionable odors. Peddler personally visited producers and endeavored 

 to secure a satisfactory product. Stables of many producers bad. 



Number sixteen : Too large a number both of total bacteria and 

 of liquefiers. Milk stale with very bad odor. 



Number seventeen : Samples a and b contained an excessive num- 

 ber of bacteria ; the large percentage of acid producing germs 

 indicates old milk. The milk had a rank smell. Stables and 

 cows very dirty. Sample c had few bacteria and milk was free 

 from odor; fairly clean stable and' cows. 



Number eighteen : Excessive number both of total bacteria and 

 of liquefiers. Milk old with very bad odor. Stable and cows dirty. 



Number nineteen : Total number of bacteria and number of lique- 

 fiers excessive. Milk had old, strong smell. Stable and cows filthy. 



Number twenty : Excessive total number of bacteria, about one- 

 half being acid producing germs. Milk had old barny odor. Stable 

 not visited. 



Number twenty-one: Excessive total bacteria and liquefiers in 

 sample collected July iSth. Milk appeared old and had strong 

 barny smell. Large producer and dealer. Cows very dirty and 

 stable dark, scarcely 250 cubic feet of air space being allowed each 

 cow with no adequate means of ventilation. 



Number twenty-two : Milk did not contain an excess of bacteria. 



