official inspections 6/. 2/ 



Clean and Dirty Milk and Cream. 



In addition to the chemical analysis of the samples of milk 

 and cream they are examined for visible dirt. When present 

 the visible dirt consists of such materials as particles of sawdust 

 or other bedding material, of cow manure, cow hairs and the 

 like. When the milk is received at the laboratory the bottles 

 are allowed to stand quietly for 30 to 40 minutes, and are care- 

 fully examined for visible dirt. The following terms are used 

 in the table to roughly indicate the cleanliness of the milk. 



Clean milk contains no visible dirt. 



Very slightly dirty milk contains at least one particle of dirt. 



Slightly dirty milk contains several particles of dirt. 



Dirty milk has quite a large number of particles of dirt. 



Very dirty milk has a large amount of visible dirt. 



There seems to be little reason for milk being so poorly han- 

 dled that it will fall into either of the two last classes. 



STATEMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE OF THE LAW. 



A. M. G. SouLE, Chief, Bureau of Inspection. 



The results of the inspection for the last quarter of the year 

 have, on the whole, been very satisfactory and this statement is 

 borne out by the results of the analyses. Out of four hundred 

 and sixty samples collected and analyzed since October, only a 

 very few have shown a deficiency or have in any way warranted 

 asking for a hearing or even a request for an explanation. In 

 some instances the milk has been found slightly dirty — more 

 particularly in the bulk milk examined — but in most cases the 

 samples have been found to carry a high butter fat content and 

 the milk, in general, of good quality. 



There are still many changes to be suggested, however, in the 

 milk situation, and in some cases it seems necessary to caution 

 the milk dealers to take more care in producing clean milk. 

 The demand for clean milk, or any legislation framed to insure 

 a clean product, must be drafted with care so that in no way will 

 it resemble prohibition but rather a regulation for the sale of 

 this useful food product. 



Some of the provisions of the statute should be more carefully 

 observed by milk dealers; for instance, in numerous cases no 



