IMPROVEMENT OF THE MILK SUPPLY 41 



Advantages of Score Card Inspection.— The score card 

 system of inspection is found to have the following good 

 points: 



1. It gives the health officer a concise, exact report, in 

 a convenient form, of all dairies marketing milk in a given 

 district. 



2. The score may be used as a basis for issuing licenses. 

 Dairies scoring below 50 or 60 points are in some cities 

 barred from selling milk until the necessary improvements 

 are made to bring their score up to standard. 



3. The health commissioner or person in charge may use 

 the score card as a check on the inspectors, as these cards 

 indicate exactly where each inspector has been each day 

 and how much he has accomphshed. 



4. One of the greatest advantages of this method, if 

 properly used, is the possibiHty of bringing about improve- 

 ments in the dairies by means of the publication of all 

 scores. When the attention of the public is called to the 

 relative scores of the various dairymen, the man with the 

 low score suffers a loss of trade, while there is a big demand 

 for the product of the high-scoring man. Publicity incites 

 competition and is a great stimulus to the improvement 

 of conditions. 



5. The card tells the inspector exactly what to look 

 for, so that it is practically impossible for him to overlook 

 any important point. 



6. This system is generally well received by the dairy- 

 men, because it is thorough, easily understood, and abso- 

 lutely fair. 



7. It enables inexperienced inspectors to do efficient 

 work, because of the detailed explanations on the card. 



8. It educates the producer, points out his failings, and 

 instructs him how to improve his conditions. 



