CONTENTS 



Chapter Page 



I. Introductory Sketch i 



Milk problem the result of complex nature of modem civiliza- 

 tion, i; decline of the milk peddler, z; widening of the gap 

 between producer and consumer, 2-3. 



II. Milk as a Market CoMMODnr: 



Section i. Some Comparisons 4 



Volume of milk produced in the United States, 4; its food 

 value, 4; how utilized in 1918, 5; where fluid milk was con- 

 sumed, 6. 



Section 2. Peculiar Place of Milk in Our List of Wants 6 



Milk Consumption in various sections of the United States, 

 8; advertising milk, 9; consumption of condensed and pow- 

 dered milks, 10. 



Section 3. Regularity of Production and Consumption 10 



Milk more regularly produced and consumed than many other 

 commodities, 10; age of milk, 11; milk contrasted with other 

 products, 12. 



Section 4. Milk Distribution Affected with a Public Interest 13 



Milk as a market commodity has long been hampered by regu- 

 lations, 13; when is a business "affected with a public inter- 

 est? 12-14; transmission of disease germs through milk, 14; 

 milk compared with bread and other foods, 15. 

 Section j. Health Regulations Affecting the Marketing of Whole 



Milk 16 



Such regulation now seldom contested in the courts, 16; early 

 instances of regulation, 16; earliest dairy inspection in the 

 United States, 17; attitude of dairymen toward regulation, 

 18; dairymen recognizing economic worth of regulation, 19; 

 dairjmian more important than dairy, 20; comparison of 

 score card scores and bacterial counts, 21; value of bacterial 

 count, 22; pasteurization adds element of safety, 22; accep- 

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