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under Section 10 of the Health Act, while the inspection and suspension of the 

 license comes under the Municipal Act of 1903, providing that there shall be no 

 suspension without concurrence. To this by-law a schedule is attached providing a 

 form to be signed by the dairyman as follows: 



Schedule " A.." 



Name 



Address 



Locality of source of milk 

 No. of cows . 



Quality of /to dairies 



Milk I to private people 

 Food Supply 



"In consideration of license being granted to me to sell milk in the City of 

 Guelph, I hereby agree to report to the Medical Health Officer of the said city 

 forthwith and at furthest within twenty-four hours any infectious 1 disease that may 

 occur in my family, or in my house or shop, or in any place from which such milk 

 is obtained or taken for disposal, and also whatever disease may occur amongst my 

 cattle. 



" I also agree to allow the said Officer, or any Sanitary Inspector of the said 

 City, to inspect at any time my cattle, my cow byres and dairies and premises 

 whether same are within the City of Guelph or outside the City limits, and all 

 places where milk is sold or kept for delivery or sale by me, and to furnish sam- 

 ples of milk to any said Officer or any Sanitary Inspector of said City whenever 

 required to do so/ 5 



As to the nature of legislation needed, Dr. H. 0. Howitt, Medical Health 

 Officer, said: "Power to revoke a license should be vested solely in Board of 

 Health. City Councils should have nothing to do with it as at present stipulated 

 in the Statute books. Medical Health Officers, veterinary inspectors, or whoever 

 is appointed for the purpose, should not have to deal with the Medical Health 

 Officer where milk is obtained from that is, the Medical Health Officer of a 

 city or town should be sole judge as to condition of milk supply consumed in his 

 city or town.' 5 



AT THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



A visit was paid to the Ontario Agricultural College, where every courtesy was 

 extended by President G. C. Creelman, H. H. Dean, Professor of Dairying, and 

 R. W. Wade, Assistant to Prof. Geo. E. Day, Professor of Animal Husbandry. A 

 great deal of attention is devoted by the College to dairying, both in teaching and 

 in the practical work of handling the herd. The cattle are all regularly tested with 

 tuberculin and any reacting are thereafter kept apart in accordance with the Bang 

 system of combating the disease. All the milk is pasteurized by the continuous 

 process, a temperature of 185 deg. F. being reached, and the milk used for human 

 consumption is subjected to 165 deg. F. Pasteurization was adopted as a result 

 of Prof. Dean's visit to Denmark nine or ten years ago. * It has been found 

 specially valuable in butter-making, as, after pasteurization, a " starter " is added 

 to give the butter the desired flavor. 



