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man what should be considered the sanitary condition of a creamery, but 

 they have judiciously left that open, but after a while there will be a 

 standard established and then every creameryman will have to live up to 

 it. We wish, therefore, to meet all the creamery people in a friendly way 

 and friendly spirit, and not in the spirit of detective force or neea of con- 

 viction. As! Mr. Patterson has told, you, we have not made any prosecu- 

 tions whatever, and we do not intend to do so at present. It is only fair 

 to give the creameryman time to fix up his creamery, and to meet us in a 

 friendly way, but after a while we will have to act in our official cr police 

 capacity, and in case the sanitary conditions are not up to standard, 

 they will have to be prosecuted. Such a course is only fair to the cream- 

 eryman who does keep his creamery clean. 



It was given out some time ago that the creameries of the state were 

 in a filthy condition. Now that was "very unfortunate, but I have not time 

 to go into this question. But I wish- to say that the creameries of Illinois, 

 particularly those in the northern part, are not in a filthy condition. 

 Some of them are fair, some of them are poor, not up to what we call good 

 sanitary condition, and a great many are in excellent condition. I will 

 read this report I have here and you will get an idea from this of our 

 method of inspection. 



Report of Freeport Creamery: Ordinary square! built brick dwelling 

 house with a brick addition; outside in good condition; yard made of 

 cinders, thoroughly packed and hard; yard scrupulously clean, evidence 

 that it had been swept; building on the corner of the street in the center 

 of the city; cement walks on two sices. 



Receiving room lined with pine matched boards painted dark-color; 

 walk and ceiling clean and in good condition. Three full windows, clean 

 and in good condition, give good light ; wood floor, four feet below the sur- 

 face of the ground, still damp bit clean and in good condition, cement 

 under wood and cinders- under the cement. 



Receiving vat five feet from the floor; wood work clean and in good 



