MARKET MILK 



CHAPTER XIV. 



AFTER all has been said and done in 

 the movement for clean milk, the 

 great question is still : " What of 

 the market milk? " the millions of quarts 

 consumed daily by the public institutions, 

 the hotels and eating places, and by the 

 great mass of the population, who seem to 

 know little and care less about the food they 

 eat. Cheapness is the one consideration, 

 and low-priced milk is accepted, regardless 

 of the condition of the dairies, the health 

 and treatment of the cows, and the unclean 

 persons handling the milk. It seems like 

 trying to help people who will not help 

 themselves, but in the progress of the move- 

 ment for clean milk this phase of it must 

 sooner or later receive attention. It is so 

 great and affects so large a proportion of 

 the population that eventually the State 

 will have to grapple with it. Until then, 

 what can be done? The dealers engaged in 

 purveying this immense quantity are either 



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