The production of 4th and 5th quality milk would 

 not be a paying' proposition and such milk would soon 

 be only produced by exception, and the intelligent and 

 up to date dairyman would receive a just payment for 

 the greater trouble and care connected with the produc- 

 tion of the better product. 



Competition Between Creameries 



The existence of more than one creamery in the 

 same district is often to the advantage of the milk- 

 producers. It is often a security for a fair milk-price. 



On the sanitary handling of the milk, however, it 

 has sometimes a negative influence. Milk-producers 

 whose milk has been rejected for sanitary reasons by 

 one creamery, often are allowed to ship to the competi- 

 tor who is anxious to have their patronage. 



Creamerymen in such locations have to do either of 

 two things : lose a patron or overlook milk defects which 

 should not be tolerated. 



Instead of improving conditions, cases of this na- 

 ture cannot fail to lower the same. Here also a uniform 

 system of payment as above mentioned would be the 

 natural remedy. 



Negligence of Milk -Producers 



There are amongst the dairymen as in every large 

 body of individuals a certain number who are totally 

 indifferent to sanitary progress, of which they seem not 

 to be able to grasp the importance. 



They disregard the most serious complaints about 

 the defects of their milk and cannot be brought to reason. 

 It is no rare event that milk from a pail in which a co\v 

 has set a foot during milking, has been mixed with the 

 other milk of the daily production and delivered to the 

 creamery. 



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