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type of dairy farms seen throughout the great producing 

 sections of the milk industry.* The majority of the dairy 

 barns are simple and inexpensive in construction, and have 

 none of the elaborate and expensive features of the certified 

 dairies. The cleanliness of the milk produced by these 

 dairies was well illustrated in the recent milk competition 

 held at the New York State Fair, at Syracuse, in September, 

 1912. In this contest two of the Homer farmers obtained 

 scores for their milk superior to the scores of fifteen certified 

 dairies entered, and were only beaten by the score of one 

 certified competitor. Of the thirty-nine entries in the com- 

 petition, seven were milks from the Homer station, and these 

 took five places out of the first fourteen entered. 



Relation to Milk Industry 



There are several branches of the milk industry which 

 have already shown an interest in the adoption of this system 

 of milk production and handling. Certain modifications are 

 necessary to adapt the plan to the peculiar character which 

 the industry may have in different parts of the country. 

 Enough work has been done to date, however, to demonstrate 

 that in this way clean milk can be produced in large quanti- 



* " The fact that the shipping stations and dairy farms furnish no 

 external evidence to the casual inspector of any differences from other 

 stations and farms shows that external appearances give a very small 

 clue to the real character of the product. The testing of the product 

 itself shows immediately to the investigator a most startling difference 

 between the milk produced at these stations and the milk produced at 

 ordinary shipping stations. Furthermore, the most vital factor at work 

 in these dairy districts is invisible, because this factor is summarized 

 in the word 'influence.' The influence of the bacterial test and of the 

 system of payment on the mind of the producer keeps him keyed up to 

 a high pitch of watchfulness and care. When the producer sits down 

 to milk, his mind is preoccupied by two thoughts: one, bacteria; and 

 the other, dollars. It is this influence which achieves the remarkable 

 results brought about at these stations." (Communication from Dr, 

 North.) 



