MILK AS A MARKET COMMODITY 29 



secure copies of all existing milk ordinances. Letters 

 sent to all the cities, towns, and villages of a thousand 

 or over brought 78 replies. Of these 29, including one 

 village, had ordinances. A study of the provisions of 26 

 of these reveals the following provisions which are im- 

 portant to the milkman: 1 



n . . Number of 



Provisions 



instances 



1. Inspection of dairies required (inspection specifically 



authorized in nearly every case) 15 



2. License required for milkman 22 



3. Certificate required showing herd to be free from 



dangerous diseases, especially tuberculosis, test for 

 the latter being usually specifically mentioned 15 



4. Specific exemption for pasteurized milk as to Provi- 



sion 3 3 



5. Specific regulations as to handling of milk 13 



6. Covered wagon required for delivering milk 3 



7. Forbidding use of any but single service milk tickets. . 3 



8. Requiring higher percentage of total solids than is re- 



quired by state law (state law required n^%, 

 whereas the 7 cities referred to required 1 2% 7 



9. Specifying a bacterial count (lowest 250,000, highest 



500,000 to the cubic centimeter) 8 



10. Requirement of a fee, usually $i per year; sometimes 

 based on the number of cows (10 cents or more a 

 cow), sometimes on the number of delivery wagons 

 (50 cents to $i a wagon) 21 



In the spring of 1918 the Dairy Division of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture sent inquiries to all 

 cities of over five thousand population and received re- 

 plies to its questionnaire from 481 cities. The question- 



1 Wis. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 285, p. 15. 



