THE DUTY OF THE 

 CONSUMER 



CHAPTER XV. 



IT would be strange indeed if no responsi- 

 bility rested on the person for whom the 

 dairy farmer and the milk dealer have 

 been roused to better efforts in their activi- 

 ties. The custom has long been to attack 

 the milk problem at the producer's end, and 

 while the wisdom of this course is unques- 

 tionable it should be apparent that, once the 

 production of milk is raised to a satisfactory 

 standard, the attention of the consumer of 

 milk should be directed to what this im- 

 provement entails. After all, it is the con- 

 sumer who is the cause of solicitude, whose 

 protection enlists the interest of scientific 

 societies and prompts the watchfulness of 

 health officials. 



This precious individual has heretofore 

 been guarded against deception in the mat- 

 ter of the chemical properties of milk. Now 

 and henceforth there is the assurance of 

 esthetic and hygienic safeguards. Not even 

 the most exquisite palate need hesitate to 



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