CONTENTS 



I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 



WHY WE HAVE A MILK QUESTION 1 



COMPLEXITY OF THE MILK PROBLEM 4 



VALUE OF THE MILK INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES . 5 



MILK AN EMBLEM OF PURITY 6 



TIMES AND CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED 7 



THE DANGERS IN MILK LACK DRAMATIC INTEREST ... 8 



THE NEED OF PATIENCE SLOW BUT SURE PROGRESS . 9 



THE DANGERS FROM MILK AND WATER CONTRASTED . . . 11 



EDUCATION 13 



COOPERATION 15 



THE HARM OF EXAGGERATION TRUTH is MIGHTY AND 



WILL PREVAIL 17 



INFECTION FLOWS FROM THE COUNTRY INTO THE CITY . 18 



WHERE THE BLAME LIES 20 



H. MILK AS A FOOD 



PHYSIOLOGY OF LACTATION . .- 26 



COMPOSITION OF MILK 30 



VARIATION IN COMPOSITION 33 



FLAVORS AND ODORS 33 



CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS 34 



WATEB 34 



FAT 35 



MILK SUGAR 41 



ALBUMINOUS MATTEB 42 



Casein 42 



Lactalbumin 43 



Lactglobulin 44 



