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will win out in the long run even under most adverse conditions. 

 The foundation of the success of any business is quality of the 

 product. For the man who wants to, and does, sell a good san- 

 itary product, competition and protection by the right enforce- 

 ment of law ultimately will put the producer of filthy, unclean 

 milk and cream at a disadvantage, and for his own welfare he 

 may be willing to improve. 



Care and Quality. 



Without care in the production and handling of milk and 

 cream, quality cannot be secured. Proper care is indispensable 

 where quality is desired. The relation between care and quality 

 is so intimate that a visit to the principal dairy farms furnishing 

 a town or city with milk and observing conditions and methods 

 gives a fairly accurate idea of the quality of the milk consumed 

 in that community. Along with this an examination for bac- 

 teria and sediment in the milk at the consumers' end of the line 

 furnishes a fairly reliable index to the standard of sanitation 

 maintained. Along this same line it is possible for an experi- 

 enced butter judge readily to ascertain whether the butter he 

 tastes comes from creameries which receive good sweet whole 

 milk or cream, or whether it is the product of sour, decayed, or 

 otherwise old cream. 



In the cheese industry a good product must be the result 

 of good, clean milk at the start. If, in the cheese storage or 

 curing rooms, we see cheese with bulged ends, or those which 

 have outgrown the boxes and automatically raised the covers 

 and give off pungent odors, we know that the cheese maker re- 

 ceived milk that was unclean and filthy. It could not have re- 

 ceived the proper care. 



If at the condenseries poor milk is received, the resultant 

 product may be inferior, causing swelled cans and resulting loss. 

 Especially is this true when evaporated milk is canned, for there 

 is then no sugar present to offset the effects of poor milk. 



These are facts which occur all too often and which furnish 

 unmistakable proof of the disastrous consequences of lack of 



