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hands. Farmers cannot all build new barns or plaster the 

 old ones. They have not the money to do it. But I think 

 they can take the old barns and improve the floor a little, 

 put in windows regulated to open from the inside to let in 

 fresh air ; they can sweep the barn thoroughly, and take a 

 five per cent solution of carbolic acid and spray all around 

 where the cattle stand, and fumigate the barn with sulphur; 

 then they will have a clean barn. I did it within two years 

 in an old barn that had been built for a great many years. 

 I purchased a sprayer for a few dollars, and a gallon of crude 

 carbolic acid which cost about seventy cents ; 1 reduced it to 

 make a five per cent solution, and sprayed all around the 

 platform and the place where the cattle fed ; then I shut the 

 barn up tight, and burned five or six pounds of sulphur in it, 

 you could not see a foot within the barn. When I was 

 through, the barn smelled very clean, and I feel reasonably 

 sure that it is in good sanitary condition. I purchased a 

 syringe for two dollars, and a little tuberculin, and I in- 

 jected all the cows with tuberculin. I believe almost every 

 farmer in this hall can do the same thing. I do not think it 

 is necessary to pay a veterinarian two dollars a case. I be- 

 lieve if the farmer has an ounce of common sense and a little 

 skill he can do that. I believe he can practically eradicate 

 the disease or keep it under control, and keep his barn clean 

 at a minimum expense. I believe if he has any interest in 

 taking care of his cows, he can, if he does not wish to do the 

 work himself, personally supervise it ; he can have the cows 

 kept clean ; he can have the milkers wash their hands, and 

 put on a cheap suit which costs seventy-five cents. If the 

 contractors could in any way, shape or manner give such 

 a man a fraction of a cent more per quart than he now gets, 

 I believe it would be a long step forward in the right direction. 

 Mr. Bliss. We have heard a good deal about three parties 

 in this business, — the producer, the middleman and the con- 

 sumer. We have not heard very much about the milk in- 

 spector. If my observation is right, the milk inspector is 

 very much alive in a good many of our cities. We hear ac- 

 counts of milkmen being prosecuted, usually because w^ater 

 is found in the milk. I do not remember a case where an 

 inspector found anything else. I never heard of a little water 

 hurting any one, but I am not in favor of putting it into milk. 



