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THE MODERN MILK PROBLEM 



(Clarification would add 5 points to decency of all milk and in the 

 case of raw milk would also add 5 points to safety.) 



This scale, applied, for example, to the milks sold 

 in New York City, gives values ranging from 89 down 

 to 70 for the three market grades A, B, and C. Certi- 

 fied milk is valued at 60, being rated down on safety 

 and price, while ordinary raw milk, excluded from sale 

 by the above grading, is given no credit except for 

 price, having the low value of 25. Dr. North states 

 that "the milk of the future will be reasonably clean 

 and scientifically pasteurized, and will be sold at a 

 moderate price. Such milk as Grade A pasteurized at 

 9 or 10 cents per quart is the milk toward which the 

 industry and the majority of sanitary authorities are 

 now working." This method of rating and its implica- 

 tions are discussed by Dr. North in publications on the 

 subject. 1 It is obviously not to be taken too literally, 

 but simply as making general comparisons between 



* Price scale adjusted to prevailing market prices for bottled milks, 

 minimum here being taken as 9 cents. 



