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phrases in their code as the dealers. This, of course, was due 

 to ignorance. Agricultural papers and dairy organizations 

 should support the work and this would make it much easier. 



The Aleat Inspection Law passed by Congress helped the 

 Boards of Health very materially to enforce other laws. In one 

 city the Board of Health was given eight new inspectors without 

 asking for them. Dairymen will be compelled to sell better 

 milk in our cities in the near future. The customers demand it, 

 the dealers in turn demand it, and the dairymen must produce it. 



A temperature of 50 degrees or below is already being 

 insisted upon in some places. Farmers say they will put up ice if 

 they have to. The tuberculin test is coming and the tide is 

 turning in its favor. Many farmers who objected to it at first 

 are now the best friends of the movement. At feast two cities 

 are forcing the dairymen to have their cows tuberculin tested, 

 and as a result tested cows are bringing high prices or cannot 

 be purchased at any figure. About 400 cows have been tested in 

 the vicinity of one city and 29 per cent proved to be tuberculous. 

 The time is coming when all the cows must have a free bill of 

 health, and the dairyman who sees to it that his cows are healthy 

 will be in a position to meet the demand when it comes. 



Clean Milk Should Command a Better Price. 



Milk produced under clean conditions certainly ought to 

 command a premium over that produced under dirty conditions. 

 With the average consumer, however, milk is looked upon as a 

 necessity to be bought as cheaply as possible. If he is asked to 

 pay a higher price, he says immediately it is robbery. He gives 

 no thought to the fact that the price of grain has been advancing 

 during the past ten years, and that wages for farm laborers are 

 not only higher but difficult to obtain. Still the price of milk 

 remains, just about the same. The consumer should know that 

 it costs money to produce clean milk and that it means extra labor 

 and extra care. Further, the dairyman cannot be expected to 

 produce it without reasonable profit. The consumer demands 

 that other food products be produced and handled in a cleanly 

 manner, and if the price goes up for any cause he takes it as a 



