Clean Milk 



ance to the public that milk has been 

 handled and produced under proper hygienic 

 conditions. Such an assurance is now pro- 

 vided in certificates issued in several of the 

 larger cities. In New York this certificate 

 is given by the County Medical Society. This 

 society has appointed a commission to pass 

 upon the milk supplied by the different deal- 

 ers. The commission is composed of profes- 

 sional men of the highest standing, who with 

 the reports furnished by the inspector and 

 the bacteriologist are qualified to judge. 



The greatest force in the attainment of an 

 improved milk supply, however, rests in pub- 

 lic opinion. It is for the consumers in gen- 

 eral and the leaders of the community in par- 

 ticular to decide this problem of pure food. 

 The milk dealers are ready and eager to put 

 on sale a better commodity, just as soon as 

 there is a demand, and it remains for the 

 physicians, the directors of hospitals and 

 other institutions, the teachers of domestic 

 economy, and philanthropic men and wo- 

 men to encourage the good work. There is 



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