than ten thousand, if the sanitary authority of the district make 

 an application for the purpose to the Local Government Board 

 and the Board consent. 



J. NUGENT HARRIS. The Organisation of the Milk Supply. 



The Journal of the Board of Agriculture., Vol. XVI, No. 10. 

 London, 1910, p. 811. 



" The Wensleydale pure milk Society may be chosen as the first 

 example of organisation of milk supply because it combines the 

 producer, the distributor, and the consumer in its operations. The 

 formation of the Society came about in the following way: Mr. 

 Philipp Burt of York, and Dr. Moore Ede of Newcastle, were mem- 

 bers of a party who visited Denmark in 1904. " 



They were impressed by the Copenhagen Pure Milk Company, 

 and as a result, undertook the establishment of the Wensleydale 

 Society, etc. 



. 



The Organisation of the Milk Supply. Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries, Leaflet No. 235, p. 8. London, June 1910. 



The chief feature of the organisation of the milk supply is the 

 establishing, preferably at or near a railway station, of milk collecting 

 depots, equipped with a refrigerating plant and cold store, as well 

 as with the necessary plant and utensils for the manufacture of 

 cheese, butter and other forms of milk products. 



As an indication of the lines on which these depots are supplied 

 in Scotland, it may be useful to give an extract of the rules for 

 members ot dairy societies who (affiliated to the Scottish Agricul- 

 tural Organisation Society) are suppliers of milk to the depots. 



To ensure that the milk sent to the depot or creamery shall 

 always be clean and pure, and in the best possible condition, the 

 following simple rules should be rigidly observed by suppliers: 



1) The byres in which the cows are housed should be lime- 

 washed twice a year, kept scrupulously clean, and thoroughly well 

 lighted and ventilated. 



2) The cows should be kept clean, and prior to milking the 

 udders should be brushed or wiped with a damp cloth. 



3) Clean overalls should be provided for the milkers to put 

 on during milking. Care should be taken to see that the milkers' 

 hands are perfectly clean before beginning to milk, and provision 



