﻿MEDICAL MILK COMMISSIONS AND CERTIFIED MILK. 5 



METHODS AND WORK OF THE VARIOUS MILK COMMISSIONS. 



NUMBER OF COMMISSIONS AND WHEN ORGANIZED. 



As previously stated, the first milk commission was organized 

 April 13, 1893. An effort has been made to get correct data as to 

 when subsequent commissions were organized, but this has proved 

 an exceedingly difficult thing to do. Several commissions have given 

 two different dates of organization, which is rather confusing in 

 compiling statistics. This is probably due to the fact that many 

 commissions w r ere in existence and then for some reason or other 

 became inactive for one or more years and were afterwards reor- 

 ganized and carried on the original work. Fifty- four commissions 

 reported the dates of their organization, and from their answers the 

 following table has been arranged : 



Year of organization. 



1893 

 1896 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 



Commissions 

 organized. 



Year of organization. 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 



Commissions 

 organized. 



2 



5 



6 



14 



7 

 6 

 2 

 1 



The most rapid increase is seen to have taken place from 1906 to 

 1908, and since that time the increase has somewhat fallen off. This 

 falling off in the number of commissions organized is probably 

 explained by the fact that the field is being better covered so that 

 new commissions are less needed than formerly. 



Not only has this movement spread in this country, but two or 

 three commissions have been formed in Canada which conform to the 

 same standards as those in the United States. 



In order to obtain information as to the medical milk commissions 

 a large number of circulars were sent out to the various commissions 

 in the spring of 1912. Keplies were received from about 65 commis- 

 sions, and it was found that quite a large number of these had become 

 inactive either through lack of demand for certified milk or because 

 •of inability to find dairymen who would submit to the regulations of 

 the commission. 



NUMBER OF CERTIFIED DAIRIES AND QUANTITY OF MILK PRODUCED. 



The number of dairies producing milk for any one commission 

 varies from 1 to 20. Several commissions were found to be still in 



