The Opportunity of the Dealer 



delivery. Too much labor and watchfulness 

 has been expended in protecting milk at its 

 danger period to be turned to naught 

 through the lack of sufficient icing during 

 delivery. 



The cleanliness of cans has a far more 

 important bearing on the production of clean 

 milk than many dealers suppose. If a far- 

 mer be given a can actually clean and ster- 

 ilized he is relieved of one labor which, with 

 his limited facilities, he can hardly do prop- 

 erly. He may keep the can covered, and so 

 protected against contamination, until just 

 before he fills it with milk; when filled he 

 may recover it promptly, ignoring the ex- 

 ploded " animal odor " idea, and let the ani- 

 mal heat subside in the usual process of 

 cooling. 



The reduction in harmful exposure accom- 

 plished by furnishing to the farmer cans in 

 proper condition is so great that it would 

 repay any dealer to provide for it. It only 

 means doing thoroughly what is now done 

 carelessly, that is, the washing of the cans, 



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