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indifferent or benumbed with helplessness. 

 They see no advantage in improving the 

 methods at their dairies, while their cus- 

 tomers, not yet alive to the truly remarkable 

 value of this almost indispensable food, will 

 not contribute the additional fraction neces- 

 sary for an improved article. Whatever 

 plan is devised, then, must appeal to the 

 dealer and the farmer as accruing to their 

 advantage; it should call for very little addi- 

 tional expense to either party, and the less 

 it changes the present routine the more 

 favorable is likely to be its reception. Such 

 a plan is here advanced. It requires of the 

 dealer only that he shall thoroughly wash 

 and sterilize the forty-quart cans furnished 

 to the farmer. The latter is asked in turn 

 to do these things : 



Keep the cows' flanks clear of manure by 

 using an old broom daily. 



Use only pure water in the barn and the 

 dairy. 



Avoid contact with contagious diseases. 



Wash his hands before milking. 



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