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THE MODERN MILK PROBLEM 



dairy farms justifies the conclusion that the measures 

 employed must be fundamental. A strong point of the 

 system is that the farmer is asked to do only those few 

 things which it is essential that he do, while other func- 

 tions are centralized in a well-equipped country milk 

 plant, which acts as a combined dairy house for all the 

 farms.* 



Where such a plant is established the requirements for 

 the farmer may be reduced to Nos. 1 and 3, steriliza- 



* The division of requirements as to equipment between farmer and 

 station is shown by Dr. North as follows: 



"Farm 



"1. Cows, healthy. 



2. Cows, tuberculin-tested. 



3. Cows, sound udders. 



4. Cows, not in calving period. 



5. Cow feed, no strong flavor. 



6. Cow feed, none unwholesome. 



7. Milkers, no contagious dis- 



ease. 



'Station 



"1. Water supply, pure. 



2. Dairy-house, superintendent. 



3. Dairy-house, employees. 



4. Dairy-house, white uniforms. 



5. Dairy-house, room for wash- 



ing. 



6. Dairy-house, room for steril- 



izing. 



7. Dairy-house, room for cool- 



ing, bottling. 



8. Dairy-house, laboratory. 



9. Dairy-house, apparatus, 

 steam. 



10. Dairy-house, apparatus, 



power. 



11. Dairy-house, apparatus, 



washing, sterilizing. 



12. Dairy-house, apparatus, 



cooling, bottling. 



13. Dairy-house, apparatus, 



pails, cans, bottles. 



14. Dairy-house, ice, supply 



abundant. 



"Those requirements relating to the general health of the cow must 

 always be insisted upon, with the exception of tuberculin-testing. 

 Clean milk can be produced from any kind of cows whether tuberculin- 

 tested or not. I believe that tuberculin-testing is necessary only where 

 milk is to be sold in a raw state." ("The Market Value of Cleanliness 

 in Milk Production," address delivered at 36th Annual Convention, 

 N. Y. State Dairymen's Association, 1912.) 



