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fresh foods in their natural state for an almost indefinite 

 length of time (Figure 341). According to Mr. Sher- 

 man, 1 " Three American dairy farms exhibited raw milk 

 at the Paris Exposition 1900, one of them sending weekly 

 shipments throughout the summer, each of which was 



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 FIG. 339. Harvesting Pineapples in Florida. 



kept on exhibition in the raw state without spoilage until 

 the next shipment arrived. It was difficult to convince 

 the jury of European experts of the fact that cleanliness 

 and cold were the only preservatives needed to accomplish 

 the keeping of raw milk in a fresh, sweet condition for 



1 Professor H. C. Sherman : Food Products. 1914. 



