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This depends upon the facilities granted by the railroads, amount of capital 

 put into business, etc. (Surgeon General U. S. Army.) 



Yes; it is. (Surgeon General U. S. Navy.) 



Yes. (Surgeon General Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service.) 



It is, with the possible exception of cauSvSituated at the outside in the wagons. 

 If these are to be kept cold they must be covered with some nonconductor of 

 heat. The actual cost of this would not be great. (Dr. William H. Park, New 

 York, N. Y. ) 



It is. (Dr. Henry L. Coit, Newark, N. J.) 



Yes. (Dr. R. G. Freeman, New York, N. Y.) 



Yes. (Dr. M. P. Ravenel, Madison, Wis.) 



Yes. (Health officer Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



Dairymen in Atlanta have found it so without increasing the price. (Health 

 officer Atlanta, Ga.) 



We have not yet been able to solve it. (Health officer Baltimore, Md.) 



The answer to this question would depend largely on the" local prices of ice. 

 Cost of ice might be prohibitive in some localities, while in others this tempera- 

 ture could be maintained without its being a burden on the milk producer or 

 dealer. (Health officer Birmingham, Ala.) 



Not very practicable, but desirable. (Health officer Bismarck, N. Dak.) 



Yes. (Health officer Burlington, Vt.) 



Absolutely not. (Health officer Cleveland, Ohio.) 



No ; see answer No. 3 under " Health department " heading, viz, the require- 

 ment is desirable certainly; 50 is too low for market milk under ordinary 

 conditions, as experienced in Columbus. We have enforced a 65 rule for two 

 years; 98 per cent of retail milk kept at 65; 60 per cent of wholesale milk 

 kept at 65. Great improvement during last summer. (Health officer Co- 

 lumbus, Ohio. ) 



Yes. (Health officer Detroit, Mich.) 



Yes. (State board of health, Florida.) 



Yes. (Health officer Jacksonville, Fla.) 



Yes. (Health officer Kansas City, Mo.) 



I should say impracticable until the dairymen are fully convinced of its 

 desirability. When the dairyman has been taught the use of cold and cleanli- 

 ness, he will strive to maintain both. (Health officer Lynchburg, Va.) 



Yes. (Health officer Montclair, N. J.) 



No. (Health officer Portland, Oreg.) 



Yes. (Inspector of milk, Providence, R. I.) 



When farmers can always make ice (or buy it to advantage), this can be 

 done. (Health officer Richmond, Va.) 



Yes. (Health officer Rochester, N. Y.) 



I do not believe that it is; although it is from city to consumer. If trains 

 were regular in their schedule, delivering milk to the city on time each day, 

 it would be more practicable., (Health officer Seattle, Wash.) 



Yes. (Health officer Syracuse, N. Y.) 



Yes. (Health officer Topeka, Kans.) 



It costis more, but can be and is done in other cities. (Straus Laboratory, 

 Washington, D. C.) 



Not under present conditions. (John Thomas, Ednor, Md., president Milk 

 Producers' Association. ) 



No ; unless ice is used at ail times. The average temperature of water in this 

 locality is about 56 F., and without refrigerator cars it is impossible to main- 

 tain that temperature. (Sharon Dairy, District of Columbia.) 



Yes. (Borden's Condensed Milk Co., New York, N. Y.) 



Yes. (Dr. V. C. Vaughan, Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



Yes ; by abundant iing. I think it should be generally understood that with 

 precautions suggested by these questions, price of milk must rise. (Dr. S. C. 

 Prescott, Boston, Mass.) 



Only in a few instances in this section. (Health officer LOB Angeles, Cal.) 



We bottle all milk at the farm and keep it packed in ice until delivered to 

 the consumer, and so lack experience on these two points. (Walker-Gordon 

 Laboratory, Washington, D. C.) 



Yes. (J. M. Houston, White Cross Milk Co., Washington, D. C.) 



Not at the present price of milk. (Health officer San Francilsco, Cal.) 



It is possible, if ice is properly used. (Health officer St. Joseph, Mo.) 



Yes; during the past year some of our dairymen have demonstrated it 

 (Health officer Wheeling, W. Va.) 



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