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satisfaction that it was chosen by Dr. Coit for sub- 

 mission to the International Congress of the Gouttes 

 de Lait, which met in Brussels in September, 1907.* 

 The omission of any record of bacteriological examina- 

 tion is a weakness, however, in an otherwise almost 

 ideal card. In this respect the very admirable card 

 devised by Dr. Goler and used in Rochester is to be 

 commended. An ideal card, suited to all parts of the 

 country, could probably be devised by compounding 

 the best features of the two.* 



There has been somewhat of a tendency of late, 

 among a section of the opportunists, to decry inspec- 

 tion and to question its value. That attitude caimot 

 be adopted, however, by any one who has a practical 

 knowledge of the subject. It may be very slow work, 

 it may be impossible to show the results in figm-es that 

 are convincing; but whoever will take the trouble to 

 go through the dairy farming districts with an open 

 mind upon the subject, interested only in ascertaining 

 the truth, will be astonished at the immense amount of 

 good accomplished by a few efficient inspectors. I 

 have gone through the farming districts of New York, 

 a stranger, entirely unknown to the farmers with whom 

 I have talked, asking all sorts of questions and going 

 through all sorts of farms. Invariably I have found 

 that the inspectors leave a well-marked trail of im- 

 provement behind them — I speak of the inspectors 

 * See Appendix II. 



