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co-operated in a most commendable manner. 

 Some of the dealers have built ice houses and 

 have supplied ice to farmers who could not 

 afford it, and they have in every way encour- 

 aged the farmers to improve their barns and 

 have furnished them with materials which 

 made these things possible. Their co-opera- 

 tion is a very important factor in any move- 

 ment to secure pure milk, because as the cap- 

 italists they are in a position to carry out 

 improvements both at the farms, the cream- 

 eries, during transportation, and in the local 

 deliveries of milk. In order that farmers 

 might not be tempted to mix the milk from 

 cows which appear, in any way, to be sick, 

 with the rest of their milk, some of the 

 dealers paid the farmers full price for the 

 milk from sick cows and had it thrown away. 

 To avoid the danger of spreading contagious 

 disease through their milk, they have en- 

 couraged the farmers to report any instance 

 of such disease in their employees or fami- 

 lies and have provided for the handling of 

 milk by others during the period of illness. 



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