100 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [P. D. 4. 



Business men, and men whose nervous system and mental 

 force are taxed by the daily strain of mental work and worry, 

 are learning more and more to appreciate the advantage of 

 milk in their daily diet. Clearness of thought and activity of 

 mind are jeopardized by heavy food and overeating. Too 

 much of their energy is consumed in the digestion of a heavy 

 meal. The blood that should nourish the brain is monopolized 

 by the stomach. The adoption of milk and bread as the mid- 

 day meal largely removes this handicap. Such a diet is eco- 

 nomical, simple, easy to digest; it does not rob man of the 

 energy which he needs for work, it does not produce a sluggish 

 mind, it is nourishing and refreshing and stimulates mental 

 activity. 



We would all be better off physically, and could have more 

 available net energy for the performance of our work, if we 

 consumed more milk and less of the other, often less suitable 

 and usually more expensive, foods. There would be less in- 

 digestion, more real nourishment and a smaller monthly board 

 bill for the human family. 



In consideration of the indispensableness of milk for babies 

 and children, and its beneficial effect on people of all ages, in 

 view of the fact that liberal and increased consumption of milk 

 is urged by all persons honestly interested in the raising of a 

 healthy race of stalwart men of large stature and healthy 

 women and useful citizens, and because the consumption of 

 milk by the public actually is rapidly increasing, it is of the 

 greatest importance that this milk which forms so basic a part 

 of the diet of the human family, and especially of our babies 

 and growing children, be free from agencies of disease. 



The experience of those who have given the best part of their 

 lives to the effort of eliminating the contamination of milk with 

 germs of milk-borne diseases are unanimous in their admission 

 that our best known and most up-to-date methods of produc- 

 tion and handling of milk, and our most efficient systems of 

 inspection, are inadequate and fail to furnish the public with 

 a reliable guarantee for the safety of its milk supply from the 

 health point of view. The government. State and municipal 

 laws and ordinances concerning the production of sanitary milk, 

 the testing of our dairy herds for tuberculosis, the inspection of 



