APPENDIX B 195 



Grades for Small Cities and Towns 



This Commission recognizes that, because of climate, 

 size of the community, nearness to the sources of supply, 

 ease of transportation, and progress already made in im- 

 proving the general milk supply and in educating the dairy- 

 men and the public, different communities are in position 

 to secure varying degrees of excellence in their standards for 

 the grades of milk. This Commission, therefore, urges that 

 its standards for Grade A, B, and C milk be regarded as 

 minimum standards, and that any community may adopt 

 higher requirements for its grades if its conditions make this 

 feasible and desirable. 



As a guide to health officers in the establishment of grades 

 best adapted to their local communities, the following gen- 

 eral broad principles are offered: 



(1) A careful preliminary survey of the milk situation 

 should be made before the requirements of the several grades 

 are adopted. 



(2) No matter how excellent the general milk supply of a 

 community, it is not all of a single standard of excellence ; hence 

 there are actually different grades of milk in every community, 

 and the recognition of such grades is always advantageous. 



(3) Grades in any community should always be such as 

 to separate into two, or at most three, classes the milk supply 

 of that special community. Where little or nothing has been 

 done towards improving the general milk supply, it may be 

 desirable to adopt temporary grades (but not below the 

 minimum requirements suggested by this Commission), 

 with a time limit as to when more rigid requirements for the 

 grades will be enforced. 



(4) Grades as adopted in any community should be such 

 as not, under any circumstances, to sanction the sale of milk 

 below the minimum standards which it is feasible for that 

 community to require. 



