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the word " can ", in line five, the words : — and date of manufacture, 

 — by inserting after the word " condensed ", in line five, — the 

 words: — concentrated or evaporated, — by inserting after the word 

 " milk ", in line five, the words : — or skimmed milk, — by inserting 

 after the word " manufacture ", in line seven, the words, — and date 

 of manufacture, — so as to read as follows: — Section 59. Who- 

 ever sells, or offers for sale or exchange, condensed, concentrated 

 or evaporated milk or skimmed milk in hermetically sealed cans 

 vathout having such cans distinctly labeled with the name of the 

 manufacturer of such milk, the brand under which it is made, the 

 contents of the can and the date of manufacture; and whoever sells 

 condensed, concentrated or evaporated milk or skimmed milk from 

 cans or packages not hermetically sealed, without having such cans 

 or packages branded or labeled with the name of the manufacturer, 

 and date of manufacture, shall be punished as provided in section 

 fifty-five. 



Section 2. This act shall take effect upon the first day of 

 September, nineteen hundred and twelve. 



Milk CoNSUMPTioisr. 



Consumption of unreduced fluid milk, in Boston at least, 

 shows a marked decline in the last five years. In 1906, 114,- 

 233,970 quarts were shipped in by rail, while in 1910, 100,- 

 606,362^ quarts were shipped by rail, showing a decline in 

 four years of 13,627,573 14 quarts. During the twelve 

 months, Dec. 1, 1910, to E"ov. 30, 1911, there was a further 

 decline of 10,513,590^/0 quarts, making a total decrease of 

 24,141,2041/2 quarts in five years. 



This Bureau is, and always has been, in favor of clean 

 milk, and we believe that two essentials are necessary in 

 procuring it. One is the inspection of the milk daily, as it 

 leaves the farmer's hands, for bacteria count, requiring that 

 it be below a fixed standard, and the other is that the farmer 

 be paid for so producing and delivering it. This milk should 

 again be inspected by the local authorities in the various 

 cities and towns at the jooint of delivery. Such inspection 

 would accomplish results, but would increase the cost, and 

 therefore might raise the present price of market milk. It 

 is for the public to decide, by its willingness to pay, whether 

 or not such milk is wanted. 



