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descendants of the original patentee. At the present 
time the condensed product is made both with 
or without the addition of sugar, and is sold in 
bulk or in hermetically sealed cans, in which latter 
form it may be preserved for en indefinite time. 
By far the larger portion of thc product is made 
with the addition of sugar, and is put up in cans. 
According to Dr. Babeock, in the plain condensed 
milk the water is reduced to about 59 per cent, the 
other constituents being increased in proportion, while 
the sugared product contains about 25 per cent of 
water and 386 per cent of cane sugar. 
The successful condensation of milk requires that 
the milk be produced under the best hygienic condi- 
tions and from the purest and most wholesome foods. 
Consequently we find among the patrons of condens- 
ing factories a highly developed state of dairy hus- 
bandry. 
Dairy legislation.—Dairy legislation in the United 
States has had two main objects. First, to secure 
to consumers of milk an unadulterated product. This 
has resulted in the establishment in many states of 
arbitrary legal standards for the quality of milk, and 
in others the passage of general laws prohibiting the 
adulteration of milk in any way (See appendix C). 
Still, more than half the states have no laws what- 
ever in regard to the sale of milk, though most of 
the large cities in these states have adopted municipal 
regulations of the same general nature as the state 
laws. 
The second object of dairy legislation has been to 
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