158 CERTIFIED MILK. 



sets the necessary high standard for the production of irre- 

 proachable milk and agrees to certify the milk of as many 

 dairymen as desire to follow its rules. Only in the larger 

 cities should a commission expect to enlist a number of dairy- 

 men. Many commissions have only one dairyman, although 

 it is rather embarassing to recommend the milk of but one 

 dealer. 



In many cases, a milk commis.sion cannot demand that a 

 dairyman shall sell only certified milk. The consumers of 

 this grade of milk are few and widely scattered. Under such 

 conditions, the expense of delivery of certified milk alone 

 would be prohibitive. A commission can hardly concern 

 itself with other business relations of the dealers further than 

 to refuse certification to a dealer known to sell adulterated milk. 



The milk commission reports its findings to the appointing 

 body, whence announcement of its conclusions is made to the 

 profession. Announcement is best made by means of a postal 

 card mailed from month to month. 



Agreement with dairymen. The first commission entered 

 into an elaborate contract with the dairyman, in which every 

 detail was carefully defined. In other cases, it has been found 

 sufficient to furnish the dairyman a list of the requirements of 

 the commission with the information that habitual non-com- 

 pliance will result in the withdrawal of certification. The 

 various commissions do not have uniform requirements, but 

 this may come in time. The purpose to be attained seems to 

 be a definition of minimum requirements, in order not to deter 

 the various commissions from trying improvements. 



Sanitary requirements for dairymen. These vary slightly 

 with different commissions. The following ones, drawn up 

 by Professor R. A. Pearson, an acknowledged expert on the 

 matter, were adopted at the 1907 meeting of the American 

 Association of Medical Milk Commissions, and may well be 

 followed : 



IvOCATlON AND ChARACTKR OF lyANDS. 



"Certified" milk shall be produced only on good farming land, 

 which, together with all equipment and methods, is approved by the 

 Commission. 



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