ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



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Section 18 of the Ordinance calls for a milk of a minimum 

 quality of 3 per cent butter fat, 8.5 per cent solids not fat and 0.7 

 of 1 per cent Ash, of which 50 per cent shall be insoluble in hot 

 water. 



Section 16 provides that it must be the pure and unadul- 

 terated milk, and must not have any of its natural constituents 

 taken from it, or have anything added. It must be as received 

 from the cow. 



■ My experience of the past year as Milk Inspector has been 

 of great service to me, and I have been very much surprised at 

 some of the tests of milk and cream taken from the cans as they 

 arrive at the depot in St. Louis. I have found milk, so-called, 

 which would not pass as skim milk according to the ordinance 

 and section 22. It only contained 1.4 per cent butter fat, and was 

 both skimmed and watered; found several cases which were 

 watered and others skimmed. Now this is not right in the ship- 

 pers, and constitutes a fraud, and a most serious offense which 

 should be punished. Contracts have been lost, and the dealers 

 fined on account of having such so-called milk shipped to them, 

 but they are themselves to blame in not testing each shipper's 

 milk. I am referring now to a case where milk was delivered to 

 the poor-house in St. Louis and the contractor didn't take the 

 trouble to test his milk, and when it was tested, it was found to 

 be not up to the standard and he lost his contract which cost him 

 $1,300 to pay the difference between his contract and the new 

 contract. I know that for a certainty. He claimed that he did 

 not adulterate that milk, that it was the same as w^hen received 

 from the depot. That was a hardship to that man, although as I 

 say he has only himself to blame for it. He had not carried out 

 the work he had contracted for, and therefore lost it. We should 

 see that we get what we pay for. 



Now concerning the bacteria and their growth in milk. 

 Bacteria are among the smallest and simplest of all living things 

 and belong to the vegetable kingdom, and like plants, require 

 moisture, warmth and food to grow, and can only be seen when 

 magnified by the microscope. When favored conditions prevail 



