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venient in his frequent trips to keep posted as to the 

 health of the dairy employees and to make regular re- 

 ports to the central station. 



(b) Veterinary inspection of the dairy cattle by the 

 local resident veterinarian with regular reports of their 

 physical condition. 



(c) Sanitary inspection of dairy farms by a resident 

 sanitary expert, who is the superintendent of the central 

 station. This superintendent must have bacteriological 

 training sufficient to enable him to carry out laboratory 

 tests for bacteria, or to supervise the same. He must 

 also supervise all sanitary processes in central plant and 

 on dairy farms. His influence must be the chief factor 

 in maintaining sanitary conditions and in interpreting 

 laboratory results, so that milk producers will have 

 confidence in the same. 



(d) Regular laboratory tests for bacteria of each 

 farmers' milk made in the laboratory of the central 

 station. This laboratory needs only simple and inex- 

 pensive equipment and the bacterial work consists of 

 making bacteria counts by the plate method. Samples 

 are taken of farmer's milk as this milk is delivered each 

 day to the station. 



(e) Chemical tests for butter fat and total solids when 

 necessary from samples taken of milk delivered by the 

 farmers. These tests also to be made in the station 

 laboratory. 



(f) A bulletin board on which are posted the results 

 of all laboratory tests, so that they may be seen by the 

 farmers patronizing the station. 



(g) Payment to dairy farmers for milk based on its 

 sanitary character as shown by bacterial tests and on 

 its richness as shown by chemical analyses. This method 

 of payment is the secret of the Sanitary Control. By 

 exercising extreme care and thereby reducing the bac- 



