No. 4.] SANITARY MILK. 105 



ping stations, that we have a legal standard, but I do believe 

 that the legal standard should contbrni to natural conditions. 



Mr. Noah Sagendorph (of Spencer) . I have entertained 

 the idea for a long time that there was no farm in the State 

 of New York that sold purer milk than the Briarcliff farm. 

 A few weeks ago I was in the city of New York, and sitting 

 at a restaurant table and looking at the bill of fare, I saw 

 that the milk from the Briarclifl" farm sold for 15 cents a glass, 

 and from other places for 10 cents a glass. Now, I visit 

 that farm once a year, or mean to, and I visit a great many 

 of the farms along the Hudson River, and I don't know of 

 any farm anywhere around the city of New York that I 

 would place beyond the Briarclift* farm ; and you haven't 

 said one word about it. The last time I was there they were 

 milking 500 cows, and they were trying to bring the num- 

 ber up to 1,000. 



Mr. Da^vxey. I will tell you exactly why I didn't men- 

 tion it by name. The equipment there was made for a pur- 

 pose other than the production of sanitary milk. The idea of 

 running a dairy farm and making butter and cream and other 

 dairy products was of later date. In a letter received less 

 than two weeks ago from Mr. Law, Jr., he states they arc 

 about to tear down the buildings they now have and erect 

 buildings made in accordance with the requisites necessary 

 for the economical production of certified milk, so called, 

 and he preferred nothing to be said until the new equipment 

 came out. 



Mr. Sagendorph. Hasn't the BriarcM* farm a chemist, a 

 physician they employ all the year round ? 



Mr. Dawley. Yes, sir ; and a veterinarian. 



Mr. Sagendorph. And those cows are all examined once 

 in three months ? 



Mr. Dawley. Yes. 



Mr. Sagendorph. And isn't there a paper that follows 

 that milk, wherever it is sold, that tells all about it? 



Mr. Dawley. Surely. 



Mr. Sagendorph. Can he do anything more than that? 



Mr. Dawley. Yes, a man can do much more ; but we 

 don't ask for anything more than that, — it is enough. 



