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Report on the Exhibition of Implements, 
undoubtedly have proved advantageous to themselves under 
favourable circumstances, but, nevertheless, it deserved recogni- 
tion at the hands of the Society, and it was therefore very right 
that a Silver Medal should be awarded. Before I attempt to 
describe the various exhibits, a word or two as to the Company 
itself may not be out of place. The Company was started in 
1866, and commencing at first on a small scale, has, by the 
supply of a genuine article at a fair price, become by far the 
most important medium that exists between the producer and 
consumer. In addition to the handsome and extensive premises 
at St. Petersburg Place, Bayswater, the Company have two 
branches at Lowndes Street and Grosvenor Road, N. ; cowsheds 
at Portobello Road, Notting Hill, and cheese factories and pig- 
geries at Swindon. The results of this enterprise may be gathered 
Irom the following figures : — 
In 1875, milk sold to private families was 262,535 gallons. 
» 1876 „ „ 267,788 „ 
„ 1877 „ „ 347,080 „ 
1878 „ „ 476,027 „ 
The great increase of sale in 1877 was due to the fact that 
Government inspection and analysis was instituted in that year, 
and the value of a good article was evidently appreciated. 
From the commencement of the Company's business, every can of 
milk has been tested, and frequent analyses have been made. 
About three years ago, when so many outbreaks of typhoid and 
other diseases were found to be caused by a contaminated milk 
supply, the Company determined to adopt an entirely new and 
thorough system of inspection. The services of a well-known 
medical man, Mr. Ernest Hart, who has given great attention 
to all sanitary questions, and of Mr. W. Eassie, C.E., were 
retained, and now, not only are all farms from which the Com- 
])any obtain supplies inspected, but a plan of the buildings 
is taken and lodged at the Company's office. If there is 
anything defective in the drainage or water supply, such defects 
must be remedied before the produce from that farm is dis- 
tributed to the public. The servants of the Company in 
London, through whom the milk is supplied to the public, are 
lodged in substantial blocks of barracks, specially built for 
this purpose, with all proper sanitary appliances, and these 
are under medical supervision. These precautions have been 
carried out at an outlav of 10,000/., and an annual cost for 
fees, &c., of 1000/. 
A short description of the exhibits must suffice, and first, in 
reference to butter. Churns by Thomas and Taylor, of Stock- 
port (of the same pattern as that which gained first prize at 
