Introduction 



Great improvements in transportation are 

 possible and here the railroads should be 

 made to feel their responsibility to the pub- 

 lic. They should do all in their power to 

 make it easy, not only for the large dealers 

 but for the individual farmers, to ship milk 

 under suitable conditions, and they should 

 try to arrange their schedules so that milk 

 can be delivered in New York in such a con- 

 dition as not to be a menace to public health. 

 The New York Health Department has 

 already made a rule that no milk shall be 

 delivered in the city the temperature of 

 which stands over 50° F. If enforced, this 

 will insure proper icing of milk on all cars, 

 and the rule will be enforced if the people 

 who consume milk will give the officials their 

 moral support. 



Milk certification at the present time 

 promises a solution of some of the difficul- 

 ties. It seems to be necessary to have a 

 third party, composed of some body of per- 

 sons who stands between the dealers and the 

 public, and who are able to give an assur- 



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