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usly to pasteurized cream for his coffee unless the work has been 

 [arefully done. I wonder if you know why milk and cream are 

 ver pasteurized? It is not because pasteurization adds any 

 .esirable flavor or keeping quality to the milk, cream or butter, 

 Ait because there are flavors developing in the milk and cream 

 hat we must head off. Where did those flavors get their start ? 



In a letter written by one of the leading creamery firms in 

 is state a few days ago I read this statement : "The farmer 

 loes not, up to this date, take proper care of his product for de- 

 ivery to the manufacturer." For that reason, this company fur- 

 lishing its creameries with pasteurizing outfits and lays the blame 

 or the need of them on the farmer. 



How, then, can we reach this man who is responsible for 

 tarting our troubles. We are convinced that he can be relied 

 )n to do the right thing when he understands the situation, and 

 vhen a feasible and inexpensive method is worked out for the im- 

 provement of his dairy. Shall we go after him with a state law ? 

 We have that already. The Food Commissioner has authority 

 :o visit any place where he thinks unwholesome food is produced 

 md prosecute all offenders. This, however, is an enormous task 

 md is altogether too general a commission ever to accomplish 

 :he results we are after. It has the advantage of furnishing legal 

 "edress in very serious cases and is of great value when contag- 

 ous diseases get among the cows. 



Shall we turn, then,, to the agricultural college and ask them 

 o send out field workers to visit every farm and instruct every 

 r armer how to handle his dairy? Here again we have an enor- 

 nous undertaking. It would not do, for two reasons ; first, the 

 :ollege could not furnish enough skilled men to do the work, and 

 second, the farmers would not be disposed to listen to them if the 

 :ollege could find them. Experiment station field workers can 

 /isit the creameries and gain the confidence of the buttermakers 

 md be of great help to them, but the farms are too numerous and 

 :he farmers too suspicious. 



Of late years it has become common for many companies 

 owning milk bottling plants and condensaries to require the far- 



