IMPORTANCE OF THE DAIRY INDUSTRY 5 



children on farms. But the amount consumed in cities is 

 rapidly increasing. 



6. Milk Inspection. In recent years great interest has 

 b<>en taken in improving the milk supply. Physicians and 

 boards of health have been agitating and inspecting. As 

 iii most worthy publicity campaigns many statements are 

 niade that are not true. The agitation has brought pressure 

 f ( r better milk, but at the same time the extreme statements 

 n ade have led many persons to use less milk than they other- 

 \\ ise would. The writer believes that for every person who 

 is injured by milk, many persons suffer from the lack of it. 

 \Ye need education for better care of milk on the farm, in 

 the city, and in the home, but we also need education as to 

 the great food value of milk so that more milk will be used. 

 L is unfortunate when one of these interferes with the other. 



Dairy inspection has done much good. It will do more 

 good when more wisely performed. In the past it has too 

 often been made by persons who do not understand farm- 

 irjg or farmers. The emphasis is often placed on unessential 

 things. An inexperienced youth with an arbitrary score 

 card turned loose among dairy farmers usually does more 

 harm than good. In this way unnecessary antagonism is 

 often aroused. Recent investigations have shown that there 

 is no relationship between the score of a dairy as shown by 

 a score card and the quality of the milk produced. 1 In a 

 la,ter chapter the essentials for the production of whole- 

 some milk are discussed. The vital points are that the 

 milker and the cow both be in good health and that the 

 milk be kept cold and as free from dirt as possible. 



7. Dairy Cattle as a Source of Meat. Since there is one 

 dairy cow per family there is approximately one veal calf 



1 New York Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 398. 



