]!)8 MODERN BUTTER MAKING. 



proper m(d-hods of pasteurization, epidemics which 

 are dircotly traceable to infected milk might be 

 averted. In Europe epidemics which were traced to 

 tli(! consumption of infected milk occurred in Mac- 

 clesfield, Wimbledon, Yorktown, Camberly, Canter- 

 bury, Bristol, Clifton, London, Barrowford, Fallow- 

 field and Oxford. In America epidemics of this kind 

 occurred at Iowa State College, Norwood, Salem, 

 Adams, Elkton, Providence, Buffalo, Sommerville, 

 Springfield, Port Jarvis, etc. 



"We cannot cite an instance whore pasteurization 

 has created any trouble of this nature, and nothing 

 can be shown to prove that pasteurization should 

 be dispensed with. From records now available we 

 find there is great discomfort to people, as well as 

 disease and death resulting from the consumption 

 of raw milk and its products. A great source of in- 

 fection of milk comes from the handling of it by 

 persons affected with contagious diseases. 



