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means to protect the consuming public against the danger from 

 infected milk. It makes possible the commercial handling of 

 large volumes of milk which is necessary in order to supply the 

 consumer in our large towns and cities. It impairs neither the 

 wholesomeness, digestibility nor the marketable properties of 

 the milk. It retains all the important advantages and benefits, 

 and is free from the dangers of raw milk. Pasteurization fur- 

 nishes to-day the most logical, practical and workable solution 

 of the perplexing problem of supplying a safe and wholesome 

 market milk to the ever-increasing population in our towns and 

 cities. 



At the evening session Edward Howe Forbush, Massachusetts 

 State Ornithologist, gave a very interesting lecture entitled 

 "Pleasure and Profit in Birds for All;" this was illustrated by 

 stereopticon and was followed by motion pictures of wild birds. 

 Following this lecture some motion pictures of the Glacier Na- 

 tional Park were shown. These were provided by tRe United 

 States Department of the Interior. 



Third Day. 



The presiding officer at the opening session of the third day 

 was Mr. A. Willis Bartlett of Salisbury, who introduced Mr. J. 

 C. Gilbert of the Office of Markets of the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, to speak on the work of that depart- 

 ment. 



