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in the State. No control is exercised over milk production by 

 the State Department of Health. The State Department of 

 Agriculture, which is a very active one, does its best with its 

 appropriation of somewhat over twenty-three thousand dollars 

 for dairy purposes, and a staff of milk inspectors which varies 

 from eight to twelve. 



New Jersey sends 1 6,000 quarts of milk daily to the city or 

 6% of the entire supply. This comes from ,700 dairy farms. 

 There are about 10,000 dairy farms in the State of New Jersey. 

 The appropriation of the Department of Health for dairy pur- 

 poses is $84*50. This Department maintains three regular 

 milk inspectors who are sent out chiefly on complaints received 

 from local health officers. The State Department of Ag- 

 riculture does not take any part in the control of milk pro- 

 duction. 



The State of Pennsylvania ships 130,500 quarts of milk daily 

 to New York City, which is somewhat more than 6% of the 

 city's supply. This comes from 2800 dairy farms. There are 

 a total of 55,000 dairy farms in Pennsylvania. There is no 

 inspection by the State Department of Health nor by the State 

 Department of Agriculture and the matter of dairy inspection 

 is left in the hands of the local health officers. 



Summarizing these results we face the fact that New York 

 City receives its milk from 44,000 dairy farms located in six 

 states, and that these states have not a sufficient appropriation 

 of money or a sufficient staff at their disposal either in their 

 departments of health or their departments of agriculture, to 

 exercise any effective control over the milk production. 



The question whether the State or the City should exercise 

 control over milk production is an unsettled one. There is no 

 question, however, that the states supplying milk to New York 

 City do not exercise efficient control. 



If we refer for a moment to state control over dairy cattle 

 we are met with a peculiar condition of affairs. Most of the 

 states have quarantine laws against the importation of dis- 

 eased cattle from another state and requiring the tuberculin 

 testing of cattle which are brought in from another state. The 

 states have reached the conclusion that the importation of 

 dairy cattle suffering from tuberculosis is so serious a menace 

 against the health of cattle within the state that they must 



