The following table o£ bacteria counts show tbe neces- 

 sity for some of the above regulations : — 



Hay or Grain. 



The Effect of Feeding Average before 2,906 



ill the stables just " after 3,506 



before milking. Increase , 1,400 



Dry Corn Stover, 



Average before 1,233 



after 3,656 



Increase 2,423 



Brushed Dry. 



The Effect of Dry Brush- Average before 1.207 



iug just before Feeding, " after ?,286 



Increase 1,079 



Advantage of Wiping Average wiped 7, 71 6 



" • not wiped 1,058 



Decrease 6,558 



In a Dirty Barn. 



Advantage of Closed Pail, Open Pail 3,439,200 



Covered 103,600 



Decrease 1-34, or barely 3 per cent. 



In a barn with average care. 



Open pail 33. 150 



Covered pail i , 740 



Clean Barn — considerable care. 



Open pail 1,610 



Covered pail 280 



Some of those present may think that the amount, of 

 care necessary for carrying out these precautions is an im- 

 possible dream, and that we can never hope to attain to such 

 a stpaadard of excellence. I will therefore refer them to a 

 few statistics which should disabuse their minds of ^vhat is 

 pr'obably a fixed delusion in too many of the producens of 

 our common market milk in this country. 



Tn the State of Ncav York, Certified Milk is produced 

 under the direction and inspection of the Medical Milk Com- 

 mission, appointed by the County INIedical Societies. In this 

 State there aa'e 28 Certified Farms, and during the year 

 1910, an effort was made by the Department of Agriculture 

 in Albany, N.Y., to get an expression of opinion from the 



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