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many good features, and if they had been generally adopted would 
have done much to improve the dairy conditions of the country. 
The Department of Agriculture took up the work with the hope of 
extending the use of the score card and more thorough inspection 
thereby. After two years’ work, scoring several thousand dairies in 
all parts of the country, a score card has been adopted in a more or less 
modified form and has been introduced and used in about 30 of the 
larger cities of the country and in many smaller ones. The following 
are the forms of the present cards for farm dairies and city milk plants : 
[United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, Dairy Division.] 
Sanitary inspection of dairies. 
Owner or lessee of farm 
Town State 
Total No. of cows No. milking Quarts of milk produced daily 
Is product sold at wholesale or retail? 
If shipped to dealer give name and address 
* Permit No Date of inspecton , 190 
Score. 
Perfect! Allowed. 
Remarks. 
Cows. 
Condition (2) 
Health (8) 
Cleanliness 
Water supply 
Stables. 
Construction 
Cleanliness 
Light 
Ventilation (4) 
Cubic space per cow (3) 
Removal of manure (2) 
Stable yard (1) 
10 
5 
5—20 
3—25 
Milk house. 
Construction (2) 1 
Equipment (3) . ) 
Cleanliness 5 
Care and cleanliness of utensils 5 
Water supply (Temp ° F.) . J 5 — 20 
Milkers and milking. 
Health of attendants 
Cleanliness of milking 
Handling the milk. 
Prompt and efficient cooling. 
(Temperature of milk ° F.) . . 
Storing at a low temperature 
Protection during transportation. . 
Total score 
5 
10 — 15 
10 
5 
100 
Sanitary conditions are — Excellent Good Fair Poor 
Suggestions by inspector 
Signed 
Inspector. 
