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for themselves whether the milking and manipulation of the milk 

 are carried out according to the regulations, whether there are 

 repairs necessary, whether the provision of ice is sufficient, whether 

 the refrigeration is carried out by means of apparatus working 

 under the desired conditions, etc. The answers to these questions 

 are entered on a form of which we give a model (No. 3). 



On the farms the times of calving are regulated in such a way 

 that the quantity of milk to be delivered in the later months of the 

 year, notably in September and October, is not less than the 

 average furnished in the four first months of the year. By this 

 means the producers can supply the needs of the consumer with 

 regularity. 



Transport of the milk.— Having been cooled to + 4^ R. (41' F.) 

 immediately after milking, the milk is poured into vessels provided 

 by the Company for the transport of their merchandise. We have 

 already said that the milk has to be kept until the moment of 

 departure from the farm in vessels placed in tanks filled with ice. 

 Once or twice a day, according to the needs of the Company, the 

 milk is dispatched from the farm at fixed hours, so that the arrival 

 at the station may not be long before the departure of the train. 

 During their short stay at the station, the vessels must not be 

 exposed to the sun, and during the heat of summer they are 

 covered with an awning. The distance to their destination is 

 generally short (the milk coming from the immediate neighbour- 

 hood of the town), and they are conveyed in special well-ventilated 

 vans belonging to the Company. The empty vessels are cleaned 

 and returned to the farms, where they are again rinsed with cold 

 water in order to remove any dust or impurity they may have 

 gathered on the way. Until wanted again they are placed in a 

 fresh airy place, protected from all impurity, upside down, and in 

 such a position that the air can freely penetrate to them. These 

 vessels are kept exclusively for the transport of milk. 



After treatment of the milk.— The works of the Company are 

 situated in a suburb of Copenhagen, and cover a considerable area 

 of ground. On entering, one finds oneself in a large square court- 

 yard, surrounded at the end by the cart-sheds and stables, on the 

 left by the offices, and on the right by the buildings containing the 

 special premises used for the various manipulations of the milk : — 

 The reception and weighing ; the preservation and filtration ; the 

 placing in pots and bottles ; the cleaning and rinsing of the utensils ; 

 the butter-making ; and the pasteurisation of the milk for infants. 

 The floor of the works is macadamised, and is frequently flushed with 



