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separated no man has joined together in the milk — in such a 

 stable you can use cotton with safety. 



Mr. Cobb: — Why do you use cotton if there is nothing to 

 keep out ? 



Prof. Smith : — I do not say there is any immediate necessity 

 for it and Connecticut has proven that it does not lessen the 

 number of bacteria. I would like to have Mr. Gurler explain 

 what advantage he finds in the use of it. 



Mr. Gurler: — I don't know as it is my place to get up and 

 defend that milk pail. I have no interest in it. I got it on the 

 rep >mmendation of some leading physicians of Chicago. I do 

 not know that I need to say any more about it. The pail is 

 not patented, anyone can use it and need not unless they want to. 



Prof. Smith : — I don't think there is much use in using it in 

 a dirty stable. I don't think there is much difference whether 

 you get the dirt in the pail or get it on the strainer and get a por- 

 ti in in the pail. 



Mr. Gurler: — There is one point that has come to my mind. 

 that is from the consumers of milk. There is a lamentable 

 amount of ignorance in regard to pure milk among the consumers. 

 I think there is a field for our experiment stations to do some 

 w< n/k to get the consumers of milk to think right and appreciate 

 what pure milk means. I am sure it would more than double the 



»n sumption of milk if they could have milk clean and pure. 

 When I am at home I consume two quarts of milk daily myself. 

 my own certified milk, and sometimes more than that, but when 



1 am away from home it is seldom I want milk. I take tea or 

 coffee. 



I do not know but many of you read the report of the Ger- 

 man chemist who made an examination of the milk supply of the 

 city of Berlin. I never forgot one of the closing sentences of his 

 report. He said, " The people of the city of Berlin consume in 

 their daily milk supply three hundred weight of cow dung." It 

 fs not elegant, but it is a forcible expression. I am not familiar 

 with the conditions in Berlin and do not know whether thev do 



