148 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



tains many germs which should be killed. Some times trouble 

 has resulted from the use of impure water for cleansing dairy 

 utensils; the danger of this is reduced by a general practice of 

 sterilization. 



All the processes through which milk passes after it has been 

 drawn from the cow should be conducted as rapidly as possible. 

 It cannot be removed from the stable air too quickly, and as soon 

 as it arrives in the dairy room it should be immediately strained 

 and cooled. The manner in which it is handled the first thirty 

 minutes chiefly determines the length of time it will keep sweet. 

 Every moment it is left at the high temperature it is rapidly 

 changing. The best dairies have facilities for straining and 

 cooling the milk within a few minutes after it is drawn, and this 

 is one of the big secrets of their success. If a cold spring is not 

 available, ice should be had, and in the long run it will pay to 

 use it liberally. 



Everyone is agreed that .the consumption of milk would 

 greatly increase if sanitary methods were more generally 

 observed in dairies where city milk is produced, but the great 

 difficulty is, all dairymen cannot be persuaded to follow the 

 best methods, and those who are willing to do so are unable to 

 receive the benefits they should because their milk is sold with 

 the bulk and looses its individuality by the time it reaches the 

 consumer. Some scheme should be devised by which a single 

 dairyman, who is willing to conduct his dairy in the best possi- 

 ble manner, would receive the benefits of his extra labor and 

 expense. In a few districts a plan is being tried which promises 

 well. A competent committee is formed, largely made up of 

 physicians and others who understand perfectly what good milk 

 is, and they draw up a set of regulations which they consider 

 should be followed in every dairy, A dairyman who agrees to 

 adopt these regulations receives the endorsement of the com- 

 mittee and is permitted to make use of this fact in obtaining 

 new trade. It seems that the idea might be carried a little 

 further and arrangements made, either by a body of physicians 

 or by a competent committee, under the supervision of the 

 Board of Health, for making the chemical and bacteriological 



