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farmers has changed on this subject is the fact that the 

 Milwaukee Milk Producers' Association is at the present 

 time planning to cooperate with the Board of Health in 

 taking care of country inspection of milk and milk sources. 

 Other progressive organizations are taking a similar atti- 

 tude. The Dairymen's Co-Operative Sales Company is 

 working with the Pittsburg health authorities, and at a 

 meeting of the board of directiors of the New York 

 Dairymen's League the following resolution was passed: 

 "Resolved, That we recommend to the governor's milk 

 committee that beginning December i, (1919) no ' Grade 

 C ' milk will be recognized in the league contracts for sale 

 of league milk, it being the opinion of farmers that all milk 

 should be produced under such sanitary conditions as to 

 enable it to be classed at the lowest as * Class B ' milk. " 

 At its annual meeting at Canton, Ohio, December, 1918, 

 the Ohio State Grange took a stand favoring more modern 

 methods of milk inspection and recommended the bacte- 

 rial count as a means of judging quality. 1 



As has been recently stated, many producers are begin- 

 ning " to recognize the economic worth of regulations first 

 recommended for sanitary reasons. " 2 Thus the more pro- 

 gressive dairymen consider it good business to have their 

 cows tuberculin tested; to have light, well- ventilated 

 barns; to use small- topped or partly covered pails; to prac- 

 tice prompt cooling; to sterilize milk utensils; and even to 

 pasteurize the milk. They consider the adoption of such 

 methods good business because it results in healthier cows, 

 better satisfied customers, and fewer complaints. 



During recent years there has been a noticeable shift 



1 National Stockman & Farmer, Jan. 4, 1919, p. 27. 



2 Klein, Dr. Louis, U. of Pa., in address before Pennsylvania State Medical 

 Society, 1916. 



