108 THE DAIRYMAN 
what kind of milk they could produce in dairy 
barns they had never before visited. 
For six days before the date of this excursion, 
tests were made for the numbers of bacteria in 
the milk brought to the shipping station at Ox- 
ford by these 10 dairymen from their own dairy 
farms. The results are shown in the following 
tabulation: 
BACTERIAL TESTS, OXFORD DAIRYMEN’S MILK 
(ON OxForD DaIRIEs) 
March 17 to April 5, Inclusive 
Daisuaa. Test Test Test Test Test Test 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. 
No. I 13,000 | 13,000 | 21,000 4,000 | 21,000 | 20,000 
2 7,000 | 13,000 | 23,000 4,000 | 60,000 | 18,000 
3 4,000 | 19,000 | 25,000 8,000 | 24,000 | 17,000 
4 | 20,000 8,000 | 21,000 | 11,000 | ‘9,000 | 23,000 
5 15,000 4,000 | 16,000 7,000 | 22,000 | 18,000 
6 6,000 | 20,000 | 19,000 } 24,000 | 22,000 | 25,000 
7 10,000 | 20,000 | 26,000 | 22,000 | 12,000 | 11,000 
8 21,000 9,000 9,000 | 15,000 | 11,000 | 22,000 
9 10,000 | 22,000 | 23,000 | 12,000 | 21,000 | 13,000 
10 | 20,000 | 15,000 | 24,000 | 16,000 | 29,000 | 80,000 
At the same time a laboratory man had been 
sent ahead as an advance agent to the town of 
Kelton, Pa., where it was proposed to carry out 
