CHAPTER I. 



HOW TO PRODUCE CLEAN MILK. 



What a wonderful thing a beautiful and use- 

 ful theory is when it can be applied in a prac- 

 tical way. How many times, however, have 

 results obtained greatly and positively ex- 

 ploded the necessity of some of our best theo- 

 ries. We feel that the government score-card 

 for the inspection of dairies is an ideal system 

 when it can be used as it should be and when 

 the results are all that can be obtained by its 

 use. In practice, however, it requires more 

 than conformity to given regulations, in many 

 cases, to obtain desired results. Especially is 

 this true of the dairy business. You can fur- 

 nish a dairyman with an equipment that con- 

 forms to the score-card of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, and still his neigh- 

 bor across the road who can not produce milk 

 to meet the Federal score-card test is produc- 

 ing a much better grade of milk than the for- 

 mer. Clean milk depends upon the individual 

 and not upon his equipment. 



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