19O9 MILK COMMISSION". 89 



CHAPTER VII. 



Being the Views of Eminent Experts going to show the Increased 

 Commercial Value of Milk produced under Sanitary Conditions. 



In other chapters an effort has been made to present the virtues of cleanliness 

 for the sake of cleanliness and for the sake of protection to health. It is the pur- 

 pose of this chapter to show the value of cleanliness and sanitation because of the 

 increased revenue which it will mean to the iniJk producer. 



The idea prevails that the only way to increase the returns from a dairy herd 

 is by means 1 of an increase in the price of milk. Experience shows, however, that 

 far from being the only way, it is not even the better way. It is more important 

 to increase the returns by increasing the production per cow and decreasing the 

 cost of production. This can be accomplished by a little extra attention and study, 

 such as would be adopted in the successful carrying on of any other line of business. 

 Those in the dairy business, like those in any other business, should be guided by 

 systematic business principles. 



An illustration of what can be accomplished is shown in the experience at one 

 of the public institutions of the Province, which was visited by your Commission. 

 At the Hospital for the Insane at London, considerable attention has recently been 

 devoted to the dairy herd. New concrete floors have been put 'in the stable and 

 attention has been paid to other points of sanitation. All the cows have been 

 tuberculin tested. Dr. W. J. Kobinson, the Medical Superintendent, began with 

 the idea that any cow which did not yield 6,000 Ibs, per year would 

 be disposed of. The result was that at the latest test the herd of 20 

 cows, for the full period of lactation, averaged 7,724 Ibs. each. The average 

 number of days' milking was 315. The seven best cows averaged 9,483 Ibs. 

 during their lactation period of 350 days. As a result the standard has been 

 raised to 7,000, and they expect in the coming year to have a herd which will aver- 

 age close to 8 ? 000 Ibs. each. This has been accomplished by attention to the mat- 

 ter of selection and care, and can be duplicated, to some extent at least, by a large 

 number of dairymen in all parts of the Province. . This" means a larger revenue 

 from the herd whether the milk be sold for manufacturing purposes or for domestic 

 consumption. 



Then, greater care in the production of milk, which is the raw material, means 

 a finer type of cheese or butter, which is the finished product. It is a well known 

 fact that there is great room in this Province and in this Dominion to increase the 

 amount of cheese usefl for home consumption. One of the surest ways' to accom- 

 plish this is to improve the quality of the cheese. An enlargement of the market 

 both at home and abroad is earnestly to be desired. 



To this end it is important that the most modern experience should be brought 

 to the attention of those engaged in this great industry in this Province. We 

 therefore beg to include in this Eeport the testimony of men whose positions' en- 

 title them to speak with the authority of first-hand knowledge. The statements 

 which these experts have furnished your Commission should be closely studied. 



MEANS MILLION DOLLARS YEARLY, SAYS MR. PUBLOW. 



Mr. G. G. Publow, Chief Instructor and Sanitary Inspector for Eastern On- 

 tario, says: 



