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milkman could not tamper with. If the cost to the 

 military for milk and butter be considered apart from 

 anything else, the cost is rather high, but when the 

 medical figures are considered along with the cost, the 

 absence among the troops of enteric disease since the 

 installation of the military dairies, it is then seen that 

 many lives are saved annually by these military dairies. 

 In addition to providing good milk and butter for the 

 troops the military dairies, in an indirect way, are doing 

 much to better the dairy industry in India. They set 

 standards of cleanliness and sanitation. They are im- 

 porting pure bred bulls of the noted dairy breeds, many 

 of the offspring of which are sold at auction and eagerly 

 bought by the India Gowala (the caste that looks after 

 the cows) with the result that the Gowala is growing 

 less and less satisfied with the poor yields of the Indian 

 cow. The Gowala now wants better stock. 



In our mission dairy farm we have had no trouble in 

 disposing of all our milk, much of it goes to educated 

 Indians of caste who appreciate it for their children. A 

 Missionary's daughter at seven months old was one 

 pound lighter than the day she was born. The doctor 

 said it was due to bad milk. The mother said the 

 Gowala brought the cow and milked it in front of her and 

 she did not see how the milk could not be pure. The 

 doctor said he could not see either, but the baby's lack 

 of growth was because of bad milk causing dysentery. 

 The mother brought the baby to live near our mission 

 dairy and drove night and morning to get our fresh 

 pure milk. At eleven months the baby was normal in 

 weight and the last time I saw her she was a beautiful, 

 well-grown child. We feel that we owe the life of at 

 least one of our own children to the good, pure milk sup- 



