WHY THERE IS A MILK PROBLEM 



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The Short Haul 



70 percent of city babies get theii 

 food through a tube 60 miles long. 



It takes about 36 hours often 

 42 hours -'-for the milk to run from 

 the cow end of the tube to the 

 baby end of the tube. 



This tube is open in many places 

 and baby's food is frequently pol- 

 luted. It is often wrongly kept in 

 overheated places. 



Then there may be a diseased 

 cow at the country end of the tube. 



And Yet Some People Wonder Why 

 So Many Babies Die! 



On the other hand the mother- 

 fed baby gets its milk fresh, pure 

 and healthful no germs can gel 

 into it. 



To Lessen Baby Deaths Let Us Have 

 More Mother-Fed Babies. 



You can't improve on God's plan. 

 For Your Baby's Sake-Nurse It! 



FIG. 3. THE LONG vs. THE SHORT HAUL 



This cartoon, from the Chicago Health Department, brings out 

 the contrast between natural and artificial milk supply, and 

 suggests some of the difficulties inherent in the latter. 



