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dairies that furnished their milk, and later some of our cities 

 have adopted a similar plan. At the present time the plan of 

 inspection of dairies by public officials is becoming quite com- 

 mon and is rapidly increasing. 1 



A dairy inspection simply means that the dairies furnishing 

 milk are visited periodically by some persons who are interested 

 in the supply from the consumers' end and are not especially 

 interested in the dairies themselves. They are familiar enough 

 with the proper conditions in a dairy to make such a visit in- 

 telligently and to determine whether the dairy is carried on 

 under proper conditions. These inspectors are supposed to 

 make their appearance without any special warning, so that 

 they will find the dairy in its normal, ordinary conditions. They 

 are supposed to examine into all its details of milk production 

 and distribution, to make recommendations to the dairymen as 

 to improvements, and to make report to some headquarters as 

 to whether conditions in each dairy are suitable for warranting 

 a continuation of the dairy as a source of milk supply. 



In such a dairy inspection the inspector must naturally take 

 into consideration all the factors which contribute to the whole- 

 someness and cleanliness of the milk. He should consider all 

 the phases of the dairy which we have outlined in the last two 

 chapters. A summary of the points which should be examined 

 by him may, however, be useful. His attention should be given 

 primarily to the following factors: 



1. General cleanliness in the barn and dairy. 



2. The condition of the cous. By this is meant (a) whether 

 they have been tested with tuberculin and demonstrated to be 

 free from tuberculosis; (b) whether there are any signs of dis- 



1 Bergy. Penn. Dept. of Agri., 1900. 

 Pearson. 17th Ann. Rep. Bu. An. Ind., 1900. 

 Goler. Charities, Aug. 5, 1905. 

 Goler. Scheme for the Sanitary Control of the Municipal Milk Supply. 



Rochester, 1905. 



Goler. Am. Jour, of Nursing, 1903. 

 Goler. Am. Medicine, 1903. 



