IMPROVEMENT OF THE MILK SUPPLY 



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ducer on the basis of the score placed upon the dairy by the 

 city inspector. At the beginning of this campaign, condi- 

 tions were about the same as are found in many small 

 cities, and the improvement from time to time may be 

 noted in the following table : 



Inspection of City Milk Plants. — In the larger cities there 

 is, in most instances, a middle man between the producer 

 and the consumer. At the place of business of this middle 

 man, the milk may simply be cooled and loaded into wagons 

 for distribution, or it may be clarified, pasteurized and 

 standardized; it may be a small place with but little equip- 

 ment or it may be a huge building containing much ex- 

 pensive apparatus. In either case, there is necessity for 

 supervision by the board of health, and the following 

 score card has been devised for this purpose by the Dairy 

 Division of the United States Department of Agriculture: 



