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Tlie Stijij'li/ of Milk to Lahoiirers. 
are an incentive to tlirilt and gootl couiluct, as none are promoted to tliem 
unless tliey have conducted themselves respectably." 
Mr, Henry A. Bottle writes from Patenhall, Kimbolton, Beds, 
of the general need in his neighbourhood that milk should be 
more accessible to the working classes. 
Mr. James Howard shows how he has dealt with the milk 
question in the Village of Clapham, near Bedford, in the follow- 
ing words : — 
"Owing to tlie difficulty the people in this village liad in obtaining milk, 
I set uj) a hand-cart, which cost live guineas, the can holding 15 gallons. 
After the morning milking is over, the milkman goes the round of the village 
with the cart ; the journey takes about I5 to 2 hours, 'llie milk is skimmed 
once or twice according to the weather, and the charge made is Id. per quart. 
Those who j^efer new milk get it at the dairy, for which they pay A.d. jicr 
i|uart. Nothing is sent out on Sundays, but an extra journey is made on 
Saturday afternoon. 1'he villagers are very thankful for the accommodation, 
and the man has never had the least trouble about payment. I think the 
difficulty in getting milk in villages is very general and has become a crying 
evil.'' 
The Hon. Wilbraham Egerton, M.P., Rosthern Manor, Knuts- 
ford, has favoured me with the following plan for overcoming 
the milk difficulty, which has been adopted in his neighbour- 
hood : — 
" A field of 12 acres, called the Church Field, and close to the church, in the 
village of I'osthern, is let to six of the inhabitants of the village for cow- 
pasturage at the annual rent of 3/. per cow, on condition that any milk not 
required by the family of the owner of the cow shall be sold to the villagers. 
This arrangement answers very well ; and besides this arrangement the school- 
master living in the village has a small farm of 12 acres, and keeps three or 
four cows, and supplies his family and some of the villagers with milk." 
Mr. Egerton adds, on the subject of condensed milk : — 
" The tins of condensed milk are quite availahle and an excellent substitute 
for milk. Having visited the mnnnfactorj' at lliddlewick in Cheshire, I can 
testify to the admirable way in which the watery particles of the milk arc 
evaporated ; and nothing remains to be done but to restore the water to the 
condensed milk for use." 
Before considering in further detail the methods for increasing 
the milk supply, it will be desirable to compare its value with 
that of other food, and thus to ascertain the price which farm- 
labourers should be willing to paj' for it. On this part of my 
subject I shall be guided partly by the evidence contained in 
Dr. Pavy's ' Treatise on Food and Dietetics,' and on the table 
of analysis in Dr. Letheby's work on ' Food.' 
The following analyses are taken from Dr. Letheby's work 
on Food : — 
