136 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



11. That favorable action be had on Senate bill 4986, introduced by 

 Mr. Gallinger on January 10, 1910, authorizing, among its provi- 

 sions, the commissioners to promulgate and amend from time to time 

 regulations governing the production and sale of milk, cream, and 

 ice cream in the District of Columbia. As above recommended, 

 however, changes of large importance in the regulations governing 

 the milk supply should, in the judgment of the committee, be the 

 subject of specific legislation by Congress. 



12. That the action of the Department of Agriculture in compelling 

 all milk furnished to employees at the several buildings under the 

 control of the department within the District to Columbia to com- 

 ply with the classification recommended by the Washington milk 

 conference as defined in Circular No. 114 of the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry be extended to embrace all executive departments and 

 independent establishments of the Government located at Wash- 

 ington. 



13. That a similar order be issued by the District Commissioners 

 covering milk furnished to employees in buildings under the control 

 of the District government. 



That the suggestions, 21 in number, by Mr. E. H. Webster, for 

 improved sanitary conditions on dairy farms, set forth in Appendix 

 O of this report, be adopted generally in separate jurisdictions 

 throughout the United States. 



That the current regulations of the District health department 

 governing dairies and dairy farms be periodically printed on muslin 

 or similar inexpensive fabric and required by regulation to be kept 

 conspicuously posted in all dairies and barns from which milk is 

 supplied for distribution in the District of Columbia. 



14. That legislation be enacted by Congress requiring all tuberculin 

 manufactured in one State and offered for sale in another to measure 

 up to a prescribed standard. 



15. That official applications of the tuberculin test to farm animals 

 be restricted to authorized veterinarians or other skilled persons under 

 the supervision of the Federal Government, so far as this coincides 

 with the powers granted by the Federal Constitution for the regula- 

 tion of interstate commerce. 



16. That any attempts to adulterate or otherwise impair the 

 efficiency of tuberculin as a diagnostic agent be severely punished, 

 and that such punishment extend with equal force to persons con- 

 victed of inoculating cattle with the intent and purpose of rendering 

 them immune to reaction under the tuberculin test. 



IT. That every druggist or other person dispensing tuberculin be 

 compelled to register each sale and maintain a detailed record of all 

 such transactions for the scrutiny of supervising officials of Federal 

 and State governments. 



18. That every veterinarian or other practitioner applying the 

 tuberculin test be compelled by law to make an accurate report thereof 

 to the duly constituted authority, tagging or otherwise identifying 

 each animal tested so as to enable an intelligent observance of the 

 provisions of the statutes and ordinances governing such matters. 



19. That, as recommended by the International Commission on the 

 Control of Bo^ne Tuberculosis, all contact between tuberculous and 

 healthy cattle and between healthy cattle and stables, cars, etc., which 

 may contain live tubercle bacilli be prevented, live-stock shippers 



