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centimeter, in many instances less than 1,000. The milk is sold in 

 bottles at the farm at 6 cents a quart, and returns a fair profit on the 

 investment. This dairy has thirty cows, and produces 250 quarts a 

 day. "It has been fitted up with the equipment and supphes of a 

 modern sanitary dairy — cement floors, stalls, and stanchions; water 

 supply, washing and sterilizing machines, bottles, bottling machine, 

 cooling apparatus, pails, cans, etc., for less than $1,650." 



I am not informed as to the estimated cost of deHvery of a quart of 

 milk in Boulder, but it would hardly exceed 2 cents. Yet this pro- 

 ducer can deHver high-grade milk at the same price that a producer 

 here, having approximately the same number of cattle, furnishes us 

 with anything from a medium to a low-grade article. 



In this report I am not able to present the records of an examination 

 of the milk of every dairy furnishing milk to the citizens of Boulder. 

 I have, in some cases, purposely made two or more examinations of 

 milk from the same source as a means of control. In all, twenty-one 

 samples have been examined from fourteen different sources, which 

 I beheve is enough to warrant at least a prehminary opinion. 



In conclusion, I believe that many of the dairymen of Boulder are 

 earnestly endeavoring to furnish their consumers with a wholesome 

 milk. There are also a few who seemingly disregard all right of their 

 customers to a pure, wholesome product. I beheve these should be 

 forced to conform to a standard which the more progressive have 

 demonstrated is possible and reasonable in Boulder. This can only 

 be brought about by adequate milk inspection, which surely means 

 more than an occasional inspection of premises and wagons. To do 

 this a man must receive more than the salary of the present milk 

 inspector. A comparatively inexpensive laboratory equipment is 

 also necessary, all of which costs money, but to my mind it is just as 

 important to safeguard the milk supply as to protect the water supply. 



