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losis, and are kept on farms which score at least 75 per cent 

 by the Health Department methods, although not so desirable 

 as raw milk as above described, is safe for babies if pasteur- 

 ized at a temperature not lower than 140 degrees F. and for 

 a time not less than twenty minutes ; provided such milk has a 

 bacteriological count not higher than 100,000 per cc. before 

 pasteurization and not less than 10,000 per cc. after pasteur- 

 ization. 



Resolved, That it is the sense of this conference that all 

 other milk is not safe for babies ; that it should be pasteurized 

 as above described; and that it should be recommended for 

 cooking purposes only and not for drinking purposes. 



Resolved, That this conference recommend to the New York 

 Health authorities that an effort be made immediately to se- 

 cure a quantity of milk of Grades 1 and above described, 

 sufficient for the 500,000 infants and children under five years 

 of age in New York City. 



(On motion, duly seconded, the resolution was presented for 

 discussion.) 



A VOICE: Mr. Chairman, there are hundreds of farmers to-day 

 ready to produce certified milk if they can get the price. The 

 hardest thing to find to-day in the City of New York is the man 

 who will buy certified milk and pay our price for it. Now, if the 

 people will pay the price for milk, it does not require anything 

 further, but the minute you ask the price for the goods that they 

 can be produced for and brought to the City of New York, the 

 City of New York is up in arms. Last year was no exception. 

 Every man was up in arms because he was charged 9 cents a quart 

 for milk. 



THE CHAIRMAN: I believe there is a great deal in what the 

 speaker says, and I only wish that he had discussed or had had 

 an opportunity to discuss these papers somewhat earlier. Un- 

 doubtedly the price question is of prime importance, as I have my- 

 self two or three times this evening remarked, and as other speak- 

 ers have remarked. 



Are there any remarks germane to this resolution? 



DR. G. LLOYD MAGRUDER of Washington, D. C. : Mr. Chair- 

 man, I would like to ask you for the reading again of that first 

 classification. 



THE CHAIRMAN: I will ask Dr. Wile, who is familiar with it, to 

 read it. 



