172 CONFERENCE ON MILK PROBLEMS 



DR. NORTH spoke as follows: 



THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF MILK CONTROL 



I have tried to write a very short paper on a very big sub- 

 ject. If my statements seem a little bald, the fact that I have 

 tried to cut out all trimmings is my excuse. 



Connecticut sends 32,600 quarts of milk daily to New York 

 City, from 550 dairy farms. This is a little over \\% of the 

 city's supply. There is a State Dairy Commissioner in Con- 

 necticut, but he has no appropriation or inspection force at 

 his disposal for dairy inspection work. The State Board of 

 Health of Connecticut maintains a laboratory and tests sam- 

 ples of milk sent to them by local officers of health. Two 

 years ago four towns in the State made some attempt to con- 

 trol their milk supplies. At present there are twenty towns 

 in the state that have milk inspectors. There is no regular 

 official inspection of dairies by the officers of the State Board 

 of Health. 



Massachusetts contributes 6% of this city's supply, amount- 

 ing to 11,700 quarts of milk daily, from 250 dairy farms. 

 The State Department of Agriculture has five dairy inspectors 

 and an appropriation of Eight Thousand Dollars. The State 

 Board of Health maintains one milk inspector. The matter of 

 milk inspection is left chiefly in the hands of local officers of 

 the various cities and towns. This question of State versus 

 City inspection is being considered by a special commission 

 and there is hope that an adequate system will be brought into 

 existence in the near future. 



Vermont ships to New York City 25,600 quarts of milk 

 every day, which is l:j% of the entire supply. The State 

 Board of Health maintains a laboratory and conducts exam- 

 inations of samples submitted by local boards of health and 

 publishes the results with the names of the milk dealers in its 

 annual report. This publicity alone has enabled the State. 

 Board of Health to exert a marked influence over milk pro- 

 ducers in the state. Neither the State Board or the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture maintains a force of milk inspectors and 

 has no available appropriation for this purpose. 



New York State furnishes 84% of this city's milk supply, 

 amounting to 1,724,000 quarts of milk daily, which is pro- 

 duced on 37,000 dairy farms. There are 67,457 dairy farms 



