40 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



MILK AND CREAM CONTESTS. 



The first milk and cream contest in this country was held in con- 

 nection with the National Dairy Show in Chicago from February 15 

 to 24, 1906, under the direction of the Dairy Division of the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. The ob- 

 jects of the contest were,, first, educational; second, to determine the 

 possibilities in the handling and keeping of milk and cream produced 

 under sanitary conditions and kept cold; and, third, to test a score 

 card for rating fairly and accurately this class of dairy products. 

 Since this national contest was held, several States, notably New 

 Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Massachusetts, have arranged 

 similar exhibits in connection with State dairy association meetings. 

 These contests have proved of great benefit to dairymen in pointing 

 out defects in their product and suggesting remedies, and in indicat- 

 ing the most satisfactory forms of bottles to be used. The plan for 

 holding these contests was first applied to a municipality when the 

 city of Cleveland, which had already adopted the Dairy Division score 

 card for rating dairy farms and was making a special effort to im- 

 prove the conditions of its dairies and the quality of its milk supply, 

 arranged with the chamber of commerce of that city to conduct the 

 contest under its auspices. Medals were offered for the best milk 

 and cream and the best dairy farms represented, and addresses ger- 

 mane to the purposes of the contest were delivered by representatives 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture and the Cleveland 

 Chamber of Commerce, followed by a general discussion among the 

 dairymen present, which was productive of valuable results. These 

 contests, national, State, and municipal, give evidence of the general 

 interest manifested throughout the country in improved standards of 

 milk production. Detailed information concerning the contests re- 

 ferred to may be gained by consulting Circular No. 117 of the Bureau 

 of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture. 1 



NEW YORK MILK CONFERENCE. 



Upon the invitation of a special committee of the New York milk 

 committee a conference was held in New York City on December 2 

 and 3, 1910, for the purpose of considering plans for the improve- 

 ment of the national milk supply and w r ith the idea of forming a 

 national association with that object in view. The conference was 

 participated in by specialists of national reputation on the subject of 

 sanitary milk production and the relation of milk to the public health, 

 and a number of interesting papers were presented. The conference 

 was attended by Dr. G. Lloyd Magruder, Dr. E. C. Schroeder, of the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, and Mr. 

 Emile Berliner, of this city. After mature deliberation the following 

 resolutions, offered by the gentlemen mentioned . and favorably re- 

 ported from the committee on resolutions, received unanimous approval 

 by the conference: 



RESOLUTION 1. 



Whereas dairy products are among the most valuable assets of the world, 

 billions of capital being invested in them in the United States alone ; 



Whereas milk, cream, butter, and cheese are the most generally employed 

 articles of food and which have been proved by indisputable evidence to be 



i A City Milk and Cream Contest as a Practical Method of Improving the Milk Supply, 

 by C. B. Lane and Ivan C. Weld, issued October 28, 1907. 



