﻿MEDICAL MILK COMMISSIONS AND CERTIFIED MILK. 11 



the dairymen. The following is a list of some of the charges made 

 by different commissions at the present time : 



$40 a year for each dairy. 



$10 a month. 



$25 a year for each 100 cows. 



$8 a month for 100 quarts. 



$60 a year for each dairy. 



One per cent of the retail price. 



One-half the cost of the bacteriological examinations. 



$10 per 1,000 caps. 



$5 per 1,000 caps. 



$4 per 1,000 caps. 



$3.50 per 1,000 caps. 



$1.25 per 1,000 caps 



One-third of a cent a quart. 



One-fourth of a cent a quart. 



One and one-half cents a quart. 



It would seem that the most equitable charge for certification would 

 be by the sale of caps bearing* the seal of the commission. This is 

 done in a majority of cases, but, as can be seen, the charges vary over 

 a wide field. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL MILK COMMISSIONS. 1 



The spread of the certified milk movement was undoubtedly re- 

 tarded because of the difficulties that presented themselves to those 

 who had such an organization in contemplation. The subject was 

 not broadly understood by the medical profession, and even when the 

 organization of a milk commission was determined upon it was diffi- 

 cult to arrive at the most acceptable plan of organization and detail 

 of working methods. 



The usual procedure was to get into correspondence with one of 

 the older commissions, which would relate its individual way of 

 handling this problem. If the plan submitted seemed unsatisfactory, 

 other commissions would be written to, and so an endless correspond- 

 ence resulted, which proved especially burdensome to the Newark, 

 N. J., commission. 



The secretary of the Cincinnati commission. Dr. Otto P. Geier, 

 encountered this same difficulty at the period of organization of that 

 commission. It resulted in his sending out a series of 24 questions 

 covering every phase of activity in milk commission work. These 

 were addressed to every commission then known. This very ex- 

 haustive tabulation showed that there existed considerable lack of 

 uniformity as to organization, working methods, supervision of 

 dairies, chemical and bacteriological standards, methods of bottling, 

 capping, and sealing, etc. 



1 The writer is indebted to Dr. Otto P. Geier, secretary of the American Association of 

 Medical Milk Commissions, for data regarding the organization of the association. 



