168 THE MILK QUESTION 



The condition of dairies supplying interstate milk to 

 Boston is represented by the figure 45.06 per cent. The 

 dairies furnishing Chicago's supply a year ago obtained an 

 average score of 40. In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 

 Mr. Whittaker found an average condition represented 

 by a score of 39. A large number of inspections in the 

 Middle West gave an average of 33. The first thorough 

 scoring of the dairy farms supplying Richmond, Virginia, 

 resulted in an average score of only 36.4. The Louisiana 

 State Board of Health recently scored 345 dairies sup- 

 plying 51 towns, with a general average of 31.6. An aver- 

 age of the highest scores was 44.4 and lowest 17.2. 



As a matter of comparison it is interesting to note that 

 in Chicago twelve per cent of the dairies scored below 30, 

 while in Boston less than two per cent were in this low 

 class. 



For the purpose of comparison these averages may be 

 misleading, for the reason that the dairy farms were scored 

 by different persons using somewhat different methods. 



The Milk Division of the Bureau of Animal Industry has 

 recently inspected 571 dairies in New England furnishing 

 milk to Boston. These dairies scored an average of 45.06 

 upon a score card having 100 as perfection. The scores 

 were as follows: — 



State Number of dairies Average score 



Maine 32 48.81 



Massachusetts 171 47.44 



Connecticut 35 46.44 



New Hampshire 320 44.48 



New York 70 41.61 



Vermont 43 40.27 



Total 571 Average 45.06 



From this exhibit it will be seen that Massachusetts is 

 second only to Maine, but not noticeably in advance of 

 Vermont, scoring lowest. 



