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have been scored by the regular city inspectors. The average 

 score of the dairies is about 41 and it goes without saying that 

 there is much need of missionary work in this direction. This 

 city has estabhshed a standard of 30 points at the start and re- 

 vokes the permits of any dairies that do not come up to this stand- 

 ard. While this seems ridiculously low, yet many dairies are 

 being cut off. As conditions improve, the standard will be 

 raised. The results of the work in the city referred to are most 

 encouraging, and I am advised by one of the Health Officers 

 that they thoroughly beliece that by continuing work along 

 these lines, clean milk will soon be realized. 



Some Results of the Work. 



Where some of the dairies having low scores were turned 

 down, the owners requested the Board of Health to supervise 

 the building of new barns and dairymen in some instances have 

 stated that they would build any kind of barn the Board of Health 

 wants. The effect of the work of scoring dairies in one town 

 has been that the milk from dairies receiving the high score has 

 all been bought up by dealers at a considerable advance over the 

 the old prices. In one case where milk vx^as selling in summer for 

 10 cents per gallon it was raised to 12^/^ cents, and where the 

 price was 16 cents in winter it was raised to 18 cents for dairies 

 scoring 65 or above. Very bad dairies were passed by altogether 

 and dealers would not buy their milk at any price. Dairies in 

 this particular town are given a month to clean up; if nothing 

 is done at the end of this time, the license is revoked. A man is 

 sent in old clothes to see if the dairyman is still selling milk ; if 

 so, he is prosecuted for selling milk without a license and usually 

 fined $20 and costs. 



standard Too Low. 

 The standard of cleanliness in our average dairies is too low, 

 if we simply judge from what the eye can see and the nose can 

 smell. In my opinion a system of rating conditions and certify- 

 ing to them is the best way out of the dairy troubles. People 

 will pay a premium for a good thing particularly when it is a 

 good business proposition. Take, for example, the official tests 



