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The same experiments conducted by me with others in the 

 unsanitary cow stables of neighboring farmers gave precisely 

 similar results. The idea that a sterilized, covered milking pail 

 in the hands of a man who desires to be clean, and the cooling 

 of milk with ice, are far more important than all other measures 

 mentioned in the list, are principles lying at the bottom of my 

 system of milk production. 



In the town of Homer, N. Y., there are at present 29 dairy 

 farmers producing 6,000 quarts of milk daily by this system. 

 The enterprise has received its financial support from philan- 

 thropic persons in New York City and was organized by the 

 New York milk committee, of which I am a member. These 

 persons consented to join me in my effort to demonstrate that 

 the rank and file of dairy farmers are jierfectly capable of pro- 

 ducing clean and satisfactory milk, and that the same can be 

 done at small expense. 



An old and abandoned shipping station was purchased in 

 Homer, Cortland County, N. Y., and completely equipped 

 with washing, sterilizing, cooling and bottling apparatus. 

 Dairy farmers in the surrounding country were invited to 

 patronize the station, with the understanding that they would 

 have to conform to the methods of milk production above 

 described. While during the first three months only 3 dairy 

 farmers responded to the call, the number has increased in 

 one year to 29, and there are a considerable number of additional 

 dairymen on the waiting list. 



Each morning when the dairy farmer comes to the shipping 

 station with his load of milk he drives up to the first door 

 where his cans of milk are discharged; he then drives to a 

 window where the soiled milking pails which he has used during 

 the previous day are discharged; he then drives to a second 

 door at which he receives a complete outfit of milk cans which 

 have been washed and sterilized, and of covered milking pails 

 in sufficient number to provide for both his night's and morning's 

 milking. All the cans and pails have tin covers to protect them 

 against dust. The dairy farmer also receives cakes of ice for 

 the cooling of his milk, if he is not provided with an ice house. 



When he arrives at the dairy farm the milking cans and 

 milking pails either remain on the wagon or are placed in some 



