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A strictly enforced control is, therefore, no less neces- 

 sary for large establishments than for small. 



The first large milk company established in Co- 

 penhagen was the Copenhagen Milk Supply Company 

 which, more than 25 years ago, at a time when milk 

 hygiene was still on a low plane in Denmark, as it was 

 abroad, established, voluntarily, a comprehensive stand- 

 ard covering the condition of health, the cleanliness and 

 the feeding of the herd, the health of the milkers and 

 other employees and the proper handling of the milk. 

 This company rapidly developed a very important busi- 

 ness and has been imitated in Denmark and in other 

 countries. Several new companies have made even 

 greater advances in the adoption and enforcement of 

 hygienic requirements. Moreover, the large, well organ- 

 ized milk companies have had a very great influence in 

 forcing the small concerns to handle their milk with 

 much greater cleanliness and care. 



The most familiar ways of retailing milk in cities, 

 are : the milk is drawn and sold in established shops or 

 it is drawn or dipped from tanks carried on wagons, or, 

 thirdly, the milk is first bottled, or is placed in cans that 

 are closed and sealed. The last method is decidedly the 

 best and it is now rapidly displacing the other methods. 

 When milk is measured out on the street, it may easily 

 be contaminated by dust and dirt blown about by the 

 wind, and as the delivery buckets are carried from one 

 kitchen to another, there is a possibility that they may 

 carry contagion. This method of delivery is also at- 

 tended by the possibility of defective measuring, etc., 

 by the deliveryman. 



The hygienic requirements that should be established 

 with relation to the milk supplies of cities, will doubtless 

 lead to a further change in the milk business as this is 

 apparently going more and more into the hands of a 



