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might render the milk dangerous to public 

 health. 



The time elapsing between the drawing of 

 milk and its being consumed by our city 

 cousins in many instances is several hours, and 

 this makes it all the more necessary to have a 

 system of inspection that will compel the pro- 

 ducer to make the necessary provision for the 

 proper delivery of his product to the consumer. 



There are several methods used by those 

 dealers who have no regard for fair dealing in 

 adulterating their products, and where inspec- 

 tion is maintained these frauds can be detected 

 and the person punished for so doing. These 

 consist chiefly of artificial preservatives and 

 flavors ; and w^atering is quite a common prac- 

 tice in some places in this country. 



Many of the conditions mentioned in this 

 chapter could and would be greatly benefited 

 by competent municipal inspection, and several 

 of them could be eradicated, and by so doing 

 would be a great protection to the people of 

 the municipality. 



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