in improvements. He is for this reason unable to com- 

 ply with the demands of the creameryman. 



The Basis for Payment of Milk is Unjust 



As long as the same price is paid for unclean milk 

 as clean milk, no general improvements as mentioned 

 above, may be expected, as the money invested in these 

 improvements is not giving visible returns. As long as 

 the money-end is not connected with the sanitary con- 

 dition of the milk, only a small number of progressive 

 dairymen will have enough idealism and sence for effi- 

 ciency to go to the expense of making these improve- 

 ments. 



The existing Dairy laws in many of the United 

 States give the authorities sufficient power to force the 

 dairymen to produce milk in a sanitary way. The dif- 

 ficulty is that it is not possible to control the work, done 

 on all the dairy-farms, permanently. Consequently the 

 enforcement of the dairy laws is impractical and gener- 

 ally speaking, such laws are only put in operation in such 

 districts from which milk is sent to the large cities, for 

 direct consumption. 



It seems more logical to introduce a better system 

 for the payment of the milk and to make the price there- 

 of dependent on the state of cleanliness in which it is 

 delivered to the creamery. 



The milk should be paid for not alone on the basis 

 of its contents of fat and solids, but also in relation to 

 the condition in which these fats and solids are at the 

 moment of its delivery. 



It is undisputable that clean milk has a greater 

 value than unclean milk. 



Of clean milk high class products can be made, 

 easily salable, at the highest market price or even higher. 

 High class articles increase the demand and enable the 

 creameryman to build up his business and to pay the top 

 price for the milk. 



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