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finger, turning the large vessel right side up and pul- 

 ling away the rubber tube from its mouth. The 

 contents of the smaller tube are now poured over a 

 blotting paper filter from which, after drying, the 

 actual amount of dirt in the milk may be ascer- 

 tained by weight. In this manner the percentage of 

 dirt in the daily milk brought to market was ascer- 

 tained for all the larger cities in Germany, and, as a 

 result, figures were published that shocked the public 

 and were pronounced incredible exagerations, until a 

 leading scientist in dairying technics undertook to 

 convince the public by exhibiting these dirt accumu- 

 lators in operation at fair grounds and at all suitable 

 occasions. 



The majority of milk consumers in cities when be- 

 stowing a thought on the origin of the milk brought to 

 their home by the trim milk wagon, picture the farm 

 dairv as a scene of rural bliss and healthful surround- 

 ings, where clean glossy cows browsing in the sunshine 

 on flowery pastures, or peacefully lying down, chewing 

 the cud in the shade of lovely trees, have all the care 

 and attention their importance merits. 



Against this fair picture, let us hold up reality in the 

 form of an abstract from the able report of Dr. Howard 

 Carter, milk inspector of the city of St. Louis, Mo., 

 for ISO/l-'SHJ, covering 4:>G dairies with i), 000 cows: 

 "The sanitary condition of a majority (of dairies) 

 however, is vicious in the extreme, and their presence 

 in the thickly populated district should not be toler- 

 ated. Deprivation of natural food, light, air, exercise 



