The Duty of the Consumer 



encouragement of the conscientious dealer, 

 a more adequate payment of the dairy far- 

 mer, and the improvement of the milk supply 

 of the poor who cannot afford to pay for a 

 special milk. 



The family physician, as part of his duty to 

 his patients, should be in a position to 

 recommend milk produced with proper sani- 

 tary precautions; and if he be deficient the 

 consumer has recourse to the health officials, 

 who regard it as a pleasure to supply in- 

 formation as to what is good food, and where 

 one may go for information concerning its 

 production. 



A proper knowledge of milk should be 

 considered an indispensable part of the 

 equipment of a housekeeper. No person 

 charged with the responsibility of furnish- 

 ing food can afford to be ignorant of what 

 milk represents in the regimen of human 

 diet. Its value is becoming appreciated 

 throughout the entire world, and the con- 

 sumption greatly increased. It is recog- 

 nized as a complete food, containing, as it 



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