CHAPTER XIII 
THE DAIRY INSPECTOR 
FARMERS OBJECT TO INSPECTION 
Most dairy farmers object to the visits of the 
dairy inspector. City and state departments of 
health often send them to visit dairy farms. Some 
of them have had practical experience in dairy- 
ing and some have not. The score cards which 
they use to score the cow-stable, milk-house, and 
utensils often greatly annoy the dairyman, be- 
cause they emphasize details which seem to the 
dairyman to be unimportant. Cement floors, 
smooth walls, light and ventilation, iron stan- 
chions, separate drinking troughs, the condition 
of the manure pile and the barnyard, are com- 
mon subjects on which the dairy inspector gives 
the farmer advice and instructions. 
The public is entitled to good, clean milk. 
The authorities ought to take action against dis- 
honest dairymen who sell milk which is dirty or 
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