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transported, processed, inspected, graded and distributed, and 

 giving the costs and principal problems connected therewith: the 

 second contains comments and suggested recommendations. 



The resultant report is an exceedingly valuable document 

 to all concerned in readjustment of the milk industry, being 

 packed with data which are not only of local application but 

 are of comparative and suggestive importance for other 

 regions where similar investigation may be needed. It may 

 be noted in passing that one of the principal points brought 

 out was the lack of standardization and grading of milk 

 which has been the main theme of the present volume. To 

 attempt to quote or abstract from this report further than 

 we have done elsewhere would hardly do it justice; the in- 

 quiring reader is therefore referred to the original publica- 

 tion.* 



The subject of railroad rates for milk and systems of 

 shipping, having reached an acute stage, was taken up by 

 the United States Interstate Commerce Commission in a 

 long series of hearings held in Boston in February and 

 March, 1916. t 



The chief milk measure before the Massachusetts Legisla- 

 ture in 1916 was a bill prepared by the State Department of 

 Health, on the basis of extensive investigation, providing 

 for the formulation by the Health Commissioner of regula- 

 tions involving the grading of milk throughout the State 

 by a plan applying progressively in communities of different 

 sizes over a period of several years. The agricultural in- 

 terests, however, preferred no general legislation, and had 

 their way, the bill finally being defeated. 



* "Investigation and analysis of the production, transportation, in- 

 spection, and distribution of milk and cream in New England," Boston 

 Chamber of Commerce, July, 1915. The Chamber has also issued a 

 pamphlet showing in detail how grading may be carried into effect. 



t "The New England milk case," Supt. of Documents, Washington, 

 D. C. (5 cts.). 



