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A. Yes. 



O. So that even after every precaution has been exercised, there is 

 always a menace from cattle diseases ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. Do cows frequently have sore udders ? 



A. In my limited experience I should say "Yes" to that. 



Q. Is it not true that it is necessary to frequently examine a dairy 

 herd in order to detect the presence of sore udders ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. Would you look upon sore throats among dairy employees as a 

 menace to the milk? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Does your examination require that these employees should be 

 healthy with reference to throat health or disease ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. Well, what is your view regarding raw milk over which these 

 precautions are not exercised ; do you think that the milk is less safe than 

 the certified milk? 



A. I think it less safe. 



Q. Do you think it is dangerous ? 



A. The possibilities are very great. 



Q. Do you think the danger from cattle disease is very great? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Well, do you think that cattle that produce the raw milk supply 

 of Rochester are examined frequently enough to protect the raw milk 

 supply from cattle diseases? 



A. As a consumer of grade milk, or milk that is not certified, I 

 must say that sometimes I have felt a little bit uneasy about the quality 

 of milk that I have been receiving. 



Q. Well, you look upon these precautions you speak of as necessary, 

 you say, to safeguard raw milk ? 



A. I think so. 



Q. Then, where they are not exercised, the raw milk is not suffi- 

 ciently well safeguarded to be consumed in a raw condition? 



A. I do not know exactly what to say in answer to that. 



Q. Well, would you say that the public health was not properly 

 safeguarded in a raw milk supply over which these precautions were not 

 exercised ? 



A. In a general way, possibly so. 



Q. You think there is danger in the fact that the raw milk is not 

 safeguarded as well as certified milk ? 



A. I guess I can answer that question in the affirmative. 



