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the use of capital and the exercise of efficient super- 

 intendence. Several companies formed with this 

 object have started work in recent years with moder- 

 ate success, and others are now projected. The diffi- 

 culties of this business are considerable, but they will 

 have to be surmounted if the milk supply of the 

 larger towns is to be provided for. It is probable 

 that a good deal could be done in Gujarat by agencies 

 which would collect milk in small lots, pasteurise it 

 and transport it to Bombay in bulk ; and the Poona 

 milk supply might in a similar way be provided 

 for from the tract of country lying round Sangli ; 

 but a dairy company which trusts entirely to the 

 purchase of its milk from others, and produces none 

 itself, is liable to find the quantity of milk available 

 much less than was anticipated, and the seasonal 

 fluctuations very difficult to deal with ; while in a year 

 of scarcity the supply may almost reach vanishing 

 point. To meet this difficulty various schemes have 

 been worked out for the establishment of large dairy 

 farms to provide for the larger towns. Given 

 adequate capital and the requisite skill, it is difficult 

 to see how a carefully devised scheme of this kind 

 could fail to pay, at anything like present prices. 

 To secure a suitable site for such a dairy farm 

 some measure of compulsory acquisition would 

 probably be necessary, and it is in this direction that 

 Government can help most effectively. The com- 

 pulsory acquisition of land is always unpopular, but 

 there are few people who would not agree that some 



