58 DAIRY TECHNOLOGY 



The milk certified by the commission must contain not 

 less than 4 per cent of butter fat on the average, and have 

 all other characteristics of pure, wholesome milk. 



Milk must not be sold as certified more than twenty-four 

 hours after its arrival in New York City. 



Dealers. In order that dealers, who incur the expense 

 and take the precautions necessary to furnish a truly clean 

 and wholesome milk, may have some suitable means of 

 bringing these facts before the public, the commission 

 offers them the right to use caps on their milk jars stamped 

 with the words: " Certified by the Milk Commission of the 

 Medical Society of the County of New York." The dealers 

 are given the right to use these certificates when their 

 milk is obtained under the conditions required by the 

 commission and conforms to its standards. 



In accordance with a law passed at the last legislature, 

 the word, " Certified," may be used on the cap. only when 

 accompanied by the name of the society which certifies it. 



The tinned sealed cap, authorized by the commission, 

 must be used on all the certified milk passing through the 

 hands of dealers selling milk other than the certified. These 

 caps are sent by the makers, only to the farm where the 

 milk is bottled. 



The name of the farm from which the milk comes must 

 appear on either the paper cap or the tin cap. 



Each bottle of milk must be dated on the date of bot- 

 tling. 



The milk commission looks to the dealers for its fee. 



The dealer is expected to send a bottle of milk each week 

 to the research laboratory of the department of health, 

 taken at random from the day's supply for examination, 

 by experts for the commission. 



The dealers are to furnish deep, covered boxes for the 

 certified milk. 



The required conditions at the farm are as follows: 



I. The Barnyard. — The barnyard should be free from 

 manure and well drained, so that it may not harbor stag- 

 nant water. The manure which collects each day should 

 not be piled close to the barn, but should be taken several 



