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the top through which passes a wire which goes round the neck, 

 and whose ends are fixed in a leaden seal dated and marked. 

 The Company also provides whipped cream of first quality in 

 litre and half litre bottles, which in addition to the above indica- 

 tions bear after the horizontal mark the letter " P," (pidske = 

 whipped). The bottled cream is kept in ice until its departure 

 for the town. 



Milk for infants. — Special arrangements of protection and 

 modification are adopted in respect of infants' milk, which comes 

 from chosen cows which are the object of special care and feeding. 

 This special milk is sent to the works, where it is treated in the 

 same manner as the milk for adults, under the name of BoernemcElk 

 (Infants' milk). The farmer receives a higher price for this milk- 



Transport of milk to the town. — Besides the ordinary closed 

 vans which take the milk to the depots, the Company also possesses 

 for the retail sale in the streets of the town, carts and hand-carts. 

 These vehicles all alike in construction, only differ in size ; they are 

 in the form of a chest mounted on two wheels for the hand-carts, 

 and on four wheels for the carts. This chest is laden by means of 

 three doors which open in the two sides and in the back. The cans 

 are placed in twos and threes on each of three sides, so that the taps 

 come into the opening below each door ; above the taps is 

 inscribed the quality of the milk for sale and the price. There is 

 another smaller door on one side only, above the back wheel, which 

 opens into a compartment reserved for milk and cream to be sold 

 in bottles. Each cart has, besides the indication of quality and 

 price of its merchandise, a number, the name of the Company, and 

 its trade-mark. When the carts are laden the doors shutting in the 

 cans of milk to be sold by the litre or half litre are sealed, and at 

 fixed hours they go, accompanied by two men each, to stand in the 

 street by the side of the footpath at certain points in the town, or 

 to drive through the more distant parts and suburbs until they 

 have sold all their provisions. 



Sale of the milk. — The delivery of the milk is carried out by 

 200 employes, 50 vans, and 68 horses. The employes, drivers, 

 sellers, all wear a cap bearing the trade-mark of the Company. The 

 vans which deliver the milk to the depots, pharmacies, and grocers, 

 must arrive there with seals intact, and it is only on this condition 

 that the consignment is accepted. The carts which sell retail must 

 return to the works as they left them, that is to say, with the seals 

 on the cans and doors intact. In this way adulteration by 

 dilution and creaming on the part of the sellers is impossible ; 



