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of work on the part of the special committee of the commission 

 to which the task was assigned. Some communities are in a posi- 

 tion to adopt all of these rules and regulations at the present time, 

 while other communities will be obliged to adopt a few rules at a 

 time as public sentiment and local conditions warrant. It is real- 

 ized that some of the rules may have to be modified to meet local 

 conditions. It seems wise to the commission to divide the regula- 

 tions into two parts : First, requirements, under which head are 

 set down those provisions which are so fundamentally necessary 

 that no community is justified in compromising on them ; second, 

 recommendations, under which head are set down provisions which 

 are necessary for a good milk supply, but on which there can be 

 a certain amount of latitude for compromise by those communi- 

 ties in which public sentiment is not ready to support more than 

 a moderate degree of protection of human life. 



Administrative Equipment. 



Another prime requisite is that the administrative depart- 

 ments shall be adequately equipped with men, money, and labora- 

 tory facilities. In smaller communities cooperation between local 

 boards of health to the extent of exchanging reports would elimi- 

 nate much duplication. Where a community can not maintain a 

 laboratory it can enter into laboratory arrangements with other 

 communities, and several can combine in the use of a common 

 laboratory. Much of the expense of tuberculin testing can be 

 borne by the national and state governments. The commission 

 is of the opinion that results can not be expected from laws where 

 there is not sufficient appropriation and where there is no ma- 

 chinery for their enforcement. On this subject the commission 

 passed a resolution as follows: 



Whereas the appropriations generally made for the purposes of carrying on 

 laboratory analyses of milk are now in most cases entirely inadequate: Therefore be it 



Resolved, That this commission recommends for the consideration of the authorities 

 concerned an appropriation of funds commensurate with the importance of laboratory 

 methods, which are of paramount importance in the hygienic control of the milk supply. 



Grading of Milk. 



There is no escape from the conclusion that milk must be graded 

 and sold on grade, just as wheat, corn, cotton, beef, and other 

 products are graded. The milk merchant must judge of the food 

 value and also of the sanitary character of the commodity in which 

 he deals. The high-grade product must get a better price than at 

 present. The low-grade product must bring less. In separating 

 milk into grades and classes the commission has endeavored to 

 make its classification as simple as possible and at the same time 

 to distinguish between milks which are essentially different in 

 sanitary character. 



