Conclusion. 



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in May of this year. From a milk wagon, gorgeously 

 appointed, a clean man was distributing dainty glass 

 jars with milk to the basements of different resi- 

 dences ; it struck me as a model arrangement, until 

 I saw the man return with a load of empty jars. 

 They had not been cleaned after emptying out the 

 milk, and were in a state of disgusting filth and sour- 

 ness. I imagine that if this milkman would object 

 to receiving the bottles in this disgraceful condition 

 the family would speedily find another milkman, 

 less fanciful. 



Fig. 2B— RINSING VAT. 



As for the premises required by the establishment, 

 they should be of the same size as a creamery hand- 

 ling the same quantity of milk. There should cer- 

 tainly be four separate rooms, the first for the receiv- 

 ing vat, cooler, heater and separator ; the second for 

 the mixing, weighing and bottling ; the third for the 

 sterilizer ; the fourth for the cleansing of bottles and 

 utensils. All floors should be cement laid, and on 

 the same level, so that trucks carrying milk or bottles 



