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to devices used for cooling the milk to as low a point as 

 possible. 



10. Bottling of the milk, if this is done in the dairy, or the 

 method of placing the milk in the cans if the milk is to be car- 

 ried in this manner. 



11. The method of transporting the milk. This should in- 

 clude the temperature of the transporting receptacles, the clean- 

 liness of these receptacles, and the method of handling them, 

 and whether they are washed before they are returned to the 

 farmer. 



Recognizing that there are many things to be taken into con- 

 sideration, it becomes evident that it is impossible to formulate 

 any standard of cleanliness, which the dairy must attain in order 

 to pass inspection. At best much must depend upon the per- 

 sonality of the inspector, and it will be to a large extent ,the 

 matter of his judgment whether any dairy is in proper condi- 

 tion, where an improvement can best be made, and when a dairy 

 must be excluded from furnishing the public milk supply. 



Difficulties of Dairy Inspection. While a dairy inspection has 

 its emphatic advantage, and while it is unquestionably growing 

 in popularity, certain somewhat serious objections have been 

 raised against it. 



i. It is difficult, at least at present, to get trained men who 

 can properly serve as inspectors. Since there are so many mat- 

 ters upon which they must pass judgment, and since the per- 

 sonal attitude of the inspector is of so much importance, it is 

 manifestly desirable that none except those who thoroughly 

 understand dairies should be employed as inspectors. It is 

 hardly possible to give to an untrained individual instruction 

 which will enable him to carry on a satisfactory inspection. 

 Trained men, however, are hard to find, and while there is no 

 difficulty in getting persons who will serve as inspectors for 

 the sake of obtaining a salary, it is not so easy to obtain men 

 who are satisfactory. If inspectors are not properly equipped 



