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and the bad-milk producer. This inevitably will lead to the 

 improvement of dairy farming, and eventually to an increase 

 in the financial prosperity of the milk producer himself 

 through better prices for better milk. It will enable the pro- 

 ducer to get properly paid for the quality of milk he produces, 

 and thus put that industry for the first time upon a depend- 

 able basis. 



The milk dealer finds the classification of milk resulting 

 from milk standards to his financial advantage for the reason 

 that it identifies clearly first-class milk and distinguishes it 

 from second-class milk. Such a distinction gives to the seller 

 of first-class milk the commercial rewards which such milk 

 deserves, and the official label creates a market for first-class 

 milk which the dealer alone is unable to create. 



For milk consumers the setting of definite standards ac- 

 companied by labeling with official control of the labels 

 makes it possible to know the character of the milk which is 

 purchased, and to distinguish good milk from bad milk. The 

 establishment of standards for quality, and of labels on 

 retail packages indicating the quality, compels the industry 

 not only to purchase milk on a quality basis, but also to 

 sell milk on a quality basis. The selling of milk strictly on a 

 quality basis, which includes not only chemical composition 

 but sanitary character, makes it possible for consumers by an 

 inspection of the label intelligently to select milk which in 

 quality and price is most suitable for their needs. 



ADMINISTRATIVE EQUIPMENT 



Standards are useless unless properly guarded and enforced. 

 The chief objection that has been raised to a grading system 

 for milk is the difficulty of insuring that milk labeled as of a 

 certain grade is actually of that grade when sold to the con- 

 sumer. 



The prime requisite for efficient milk control is that health 



