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interest to every one here. We have heard altogether too little of 

 this question of the transportation of milk, and his remarks have 

 given all of us information on this point which we have lacked be- 

 fore. 



We have on the program Mr. Julius Moldenhawer, who is As- 

 sistant in the New York State Agricultural Department. Mr. 

 [Moldenhawer comes from the land of Norway and Sweden, where 

 the milk supply is perhaps on a higher plane than in any other 

 country in the world. He has practically given his entire life to 

 a study of the milk situation, and he is thoroughly competent to 

 discuss "Some Essentials for the Solution of the City Milk Prob- 

 lem Not Sufficiently Considered." I take great pleasure in intro- 

 ducing Mr. Moldenhawer. 



Mb*. Moldenhawer, in responding, said : "I want to make one little 

 correction. I come from Denmark and not from Sweden. It is 

 all right, though; we are Scandinavians, all of us." 



MR. MOLDENHAWER spoke as follows: 



SOME ESSENTIALS FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE 

 CITY MILK PROBLEM NOT SUFFICIENTLY CON- 

 SIDERED 



The efforts of all forces interested in the problem of milk 

 supply of cities are combined towards the one main object: 

 "Enough milk of good quality for all," and much has been ac- 

 complished ; still there is enormous work to be done which never 

 can be done until all the people interested will try to work 

 together instead of each one only looking after his own inter- 

 est. Genuine cooperation is necessary. 



Fundamentally only two parties are to be considered : Pro- 

 ducers and Consumers transportation companies and dealers 

 are only links, though at present necessary. While all are 

 consumers, still the producers are of first importance as we all 

 depend on the farmers to supply our food. 



The consumer complains that milk costs too much, the 

 farmer complains that it does not pay him to produce good, 

 pure milk at the price he receives. And while producers and 

 consumers agree that the middleman (the milk dealers) make 

 too great profit, still the main remedy for the whole trouble 

 lies in the reduction in the cost of production. This can only 

 be brought about by various means of educating the farmer, 

 as already is being done in many ways by the Department of 



