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tion of all utensils being performed at the plant. The 

 contrast between the simplicity of this plan and the 

 many requirements for certified milk, or even for good 

 market milk under the score-card system, is striking. 



Clean milk, requiring more pains and being worth 

 more than dirty milk, deserves a certain premium. The 

 extra cost under the North system is roughly indicated 

 by the following figures, from the plant which was es- 

 tablished at Homer, New York, by the New York 

 Dairy Demonstrating Company. 11 



Premiums paid to farmers: 



For tuberculin-tested cows ................ J/c. per quart 



For " sanitation" (milking into covered pails 

 washed and sterilized at the receiving sta- 

 tion, and cooling with ice) .............. J^c. " " 



For keeping bacteria count under 10,000 

 per c.c 



Total .................... ........ ... Ic. 



(The payment plan also includes premiums for butter fat.) 



A typical monthly bill made out to one of the dairy- 

 men supplying this station is as follows: 



New York Dairy Demonstration Co., Homer, N. Y., to 

 Mr. Blank, Dr. 



1912 



Dec. 1 To 4,500 qts. of milk at 4J^c ...... ...... $191 . 25 



To premium butter fat 3.9% at 2c ........ 9 . 00 



To tuberculin test at 3-8c ............... 16.87 



To bacteria at C ...................... 11.25 



Total ..$228,37 



