APPENDIX C 

 THE NORTH SYSTEM * 



Origin and Development. The plan of milk production 

 and milk handling outlined below was first proposed by 

 Dr. Charles E. North in September, 1903. In old barns on 

 the premises of his certified dairy farm in New Jersey and in 

 old barns in the immediate neighborhood, he was successful 

 during the years 1903 and 1904 in producing milk containing 

 exceedingly small numbers of bacteria by the practice of a 

 system which he had devised. In 1908 Dr. North became a 

 member of the New York Milk Committee and pointed out 

 to this organization the advantages of this method of milk 

 production. This committee raised the capital for the or- 

 ganization of a small milk company, which had for its object 

 the carrying out, experimentally, of this milk system on a 

 large scale. Because of its experimental character the milk 

 company took the title of The New York Dairy Demonstra- 

 tion Company. 



For two years past [i. e., since 1910] the company has 

 operated a milk shipping station at Homer, N. Y., and has 

 produced milk in accordance with the system proposed by 

 Dr. North and has conducted all its sanitary operations 

 under his personal supervision.! Beginning with three dairy 



* Reprinted, by permission, from a description issued in 1912, by 

 Dr. Charles E. North, Director, North Public Health Bureau, 30 

 Church St., New York City, with additional notes from information 

 personally communicated. This system is referred to at p. 78 of the 

 present volume. 



t "Since the rather perilous undertaking at Homer," writes Dr. 

 North, "the soundness of the principles developed there has been em- 



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