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The photographs shown in this article were all taken in the course 
of inspection work. Many of them were taken in the vicinity of 
Washington, but duplicates of these places may be found in all parts 
of the country. They show that more rigid inspection is absolutely 
necessary, that competent inspectors must be employed to instruct, 
and where instruction is not sufficient, to demand a better state of 
affairs. Laws and ordinances must be strengthened and the public 
educated to demand clean milk from clean dairies. 
One important item that must be borne in mind is the fact that 
to change these conditions must create some expense on the producer 
and the consumer must expect to foot the bills. 
A prominent veterinarian in Kansas City, Mo., recently said in 
connection with the milk supply of that city, that the prevailing 
price of milk was based on a system which required only that the 
solid and coarsest dirt be strained out. If the consumer wanted 
milk that had been kept free from such contamination he would have 
to pay for the added cost of production. 
In order to carry into effect such a system of inspection it is recom- 
mended that there be an inspector for approximately every 100 dairy 
farms. These inspectors should be skilled in all questions pertain- 
ing to the production and distribution of milk. Five of every ten 
inspectors so employed should be skilled veterinarians and the other 
five should have had training in a good dairy school or have had 
experience which would be the equivalent of such training. 
Inspectors should devote their entire time to the work of inspection 
and should not be allowed to do outside work that in any way relates 
to the business of inspection. There should be a chief inspector 
whose duty it is to supervise all work of inspection ; he should be 
responsible to the health officer. The health officer, or board of 
health, should have full power to make rules and regulations and 
enforce the same so as to safeguard the health of the community 
from a contaminated milk supply either through carelessness, igno- 
rance, or malicious intent. 
The following suggestions might well be distributed by the health 
officer and the requirement be made that they be posted in a con- 
spicuous place in every barn, dairy house, and city milk plant: 
TWENTY-ONE SUGGESTIONS. 
THE COWS. 
1. Have the herd examined frequently by a skilled veterinarian. Promptly remove 
any animals suspected of being in bad health. Never add an animal to the herd until 
certain it is free from disease, especially tuberculosis. 
2. Never allow a cow to be excited by hard driving, abuse, loud talking, or unnec- 
essary disturbances; do not unduly expose her to cold or storms. 
