62 MILK SURVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 



It will enable us to determine more or less exactly the gravity of the 

 situation which exists in various places in human nutrition. 



Q. Do you believe that this deficiency in diet is very widespread and 

 very common at the present time? 



A. I believe that it is. 



Q. Both in adults and children? 



A. Yes. 



Q. How much milk do you think an adult ought to drink a day to 

 keep himself in good condition? 



A. I have believed for two or three years that the more nearly an 

 adult or a child approximates the taking of a quart of milk a day, the 

 better off he will be. 



Q. You would prescribe a quart of milk a day? 



A. I would. 



Q. For every adult and every child ? 



A. Yes. I believe that so much that I have adopted that regime in 

 my own dietary habits, and several people who have worked with me who 

 have studied the diet as I have, have also been so convinced as to do 

 likewise. 



Q. You do not think there is any substitute for the growth pro- 

 moting substance in milk that can be found in any other way ? 



V A. I would prefer to answer that question by saying that this matter 

 was discussed last December at Chicago, at a meeting of a group of about 

 twelve men, bacteriologists, health officers, and physiological chemists, 

 and students of nutrition; a group of men known as the National Com- 

 mission on Milk Standards which was organized by and is financed by 

 the New York Milk Committee. This group of men discussed that ques- 

 tion in Chicago last fall and arrived at the unanimous conclusion that 

 milk is the only food for which there is no effective substitute. 



Q. And what is your opinion regarding the cost of milk at the pres- 

 ent time as compared with the cost of other foods ? Have you looked into 

 that question? 



A. Yes. At the present time milk is one of the most economical 

 food stuffs. That fact is not generally realized, but I feel it is the con- 

 census of opinion of those who are qualified by technical education to 

 judge this matter ; I think they will all agree that even at the present high 

 prices, milk is an economical food to purchase. 



Q. Now, as I understand it, you look on milk as a necessity for the 

 young and old, a vital necessity? 



A. I do. 



Q. You believe that the human race cannot get along very well 

 without it? 



A. I believe we will not achieve the maximum well being of which 

 we are capable, unless dairy products are used in the diet. 



