552 MILK 



train officials pass through at their pleasure. The temperature 

 in these cars fluctuates and more or less dust and dirt is admitted. 

 As properly constructed refrigerator cars become more common, 

 milk will keep well during transportation over long distances. 

 Not only is refrigeration insufficient at the present time, but, in 

 addition, milk trains are usually run on slow schedule, and im- 

 provement in this respect is desirable. Ice can be furnished in 

 milk cars at small cost, not to exceed ^ cent per quart of milk. 

 To correct the evils of milk transportation cars should be inspected 

 and the service controlled by proper legislation. 



The reports of inspectors should be submitted to an inspector- 

 in-chief, whose knowledge and experience in the work should 

 enable him to eliminate the personal equation, and who, by com- 

 paring the data with earlier records, can judge of improvements in 

 the inspected dairies. An improved product is the best evidence 

 of efficient dairy inspection, not the number of prosecutions scored. 



As a guide for dairy inspectors the score card is coming much 

 in favor. Several types of cards have been designed, since the 

 idea of scoring by means of a card was introduced by Dr. Wood- 

 ward. The card was subsequently modified by Pearson, and in 

 1908 a committee of the Official Dairy Instructors' Association pre- 

 sented a card which is the one most commonly used at present. 

 It is desirable that the same card be used universally to render 

 results comparable. 



The Association score card is divided into two parts equip- 

 ment and methods. A perfect equipment counts 40 points and 

 perfect methods 60 points, making a total of 100 points for a per- 

 fect dairy. Other cards have 200, some 500, points for perfect 

 scores. The following is a copy of the Association card: 



[United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, 



Dairy Division.] 



SANITARY INSPECTION OF DAIRIES 



DAIRY SCORE CARD 

 Adopted by the Official Dairy Instructors' Association 



Owner or lessee of farm 



P. O. address State 



Total number of cows Number milking 



Gallons of milk produced daily 



Product is retailed by producer in 



Sold at wholesale to 



For milk-supply of 



Permit No Date of inspection , 191 . . 



Remarks 



(Signed) 



Inspector. 



The form here given is that revised in February, 1910. 



