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N.Y., among others.'" The milk, already referred 

 to, which was exhibited at the Paris Exposition, 

 easily came within the limit set by von Behring. It 

 is certainly possible to attain to the standard set by 

 the great physician occasionally and experimentally, 

 and personally I am strongly of the opinion that with 

 a proper organization . of the milk industry upon 

 scientific lines it could be done as a general thing. 

 It is one thing, however, to get these results experi- 

 mentally, under special conditions, and quite another 

 thing to get them as a matter of common, normal 

 practice. And, in the present state of the milk 

 industry, with milk production largely in the hands 

 of men ignorant of the most elementary principles 

 of hygienic science, it is not possible to maintain 

 anything like that standard. 



In connection with the Certified Milk Movement, 

 of which Dr. Chapin and Dr. Coit may be regarded as 

 the principal exponents, it has been agreed to adopt, 

 for the present, standards varying from ten thousand 

 to thirty thousand bacteria per cubic centimeter, 

 and while that is very far above the limit set by 

 Professor von Behring, it is generally acknowledged 

 that either of the two standards named would revolu- 

 tionize the milk supply of the world if it could be lived 

 up to. Compare these standards with those that have 

 been adopted by the few American cities in which 

 there has been intelligence enough to bring about 



