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Mothers should be encouraged in every possible way to nurse their 
infants, regardless of financial or social status. 
When breast feeding is clearly impossible, a pure supply of cow’s 
milk, modified to meet the special needs of the infant, should be ren- 
dered available for both rich and poor. At the same time mothers 
should b6 instructed regarding the special requirements necessary 
to successful artificial feeding, including the care and administration 
of milk in the home. 
Private philanthropy has led the way. The public, through its 
official representatives, should assume its share of responsibility, both 
because of economic and sanitary considerations, and provide infants’ 
milk depots for improving the physical well-being of the children 
who are destined to become the active producing members of the com- 
munity of the future. 
