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less the inspector is able to show that he sells in smaller quantities. 
In view of the court’s decision, moreover, the department has felt 
compelled to purchase quart samples whenever it has been alleged by 
the vendor that he sold only in unbroken packages and had nothing 
smaller than 1 quart on hand, the department not being prepared to 
prove a contrary practice. It might be good administration to re- 
quire the collector to undertake to mix a pint or a quart sample on the 
premises of the vendor and to take therefrom so much as might be 
required for analysis and to dispose of the remainder then and there. 
In view of the difficulty, however, of thoroughly agitating a pint of 
milk in a pint bottle, or a quart of milk in a quart bottle, and to avoid, 
in event of prosecution, attack on the ground of the alleged inaccu- 
racy or unfairness of the sample thus taken, it has been deemed best 
to require the inspector to bring whatever milk he collects to the 
health office, where the mixing is done in the laboratory. The neces- 
sity for carrying such a large amount of milk tends to diminish the 
working capacity of the inspector. Samples collected are labeled at 
the time of collection and a record kept by the collector. The samples 
collected are delivered to the chemist or to his assistant and are im- 
mediately analyzed. If the result of the analysis shows that the cir- 
cumstances warrant such action, prosecution is instituted by the 
analyst. The inspector who collected the samples testifies as to its 
origin and the analyst testifies as to its composition. 
Arrangements were once made whereby the vendor could, when a 
sample was purchased, be supplied by the inspector with a portion 
of it, duly sealed, so that the vendor could have an analysis made 
independent of the official analysis, if he so desired. This, however, 
did not do away with the necessity for reserving in the health office a 
portion of any sample upon an analysis of which prosecution is to 
be based, since the reserving of such samples is required by statute. 
The results of all analyses are transcribed from the laboratory note- 
book to the official laboratory record, and thereafter are entered upon 
index cards so that the results of the analyses of all samples pro- 
cured from any one dealer can be seen by a glance at his laboratory 
card. On this card are subsequently entered memoranda showing 
the results of such prosecutions, if any, as are instituted. If the anal- 
ysis shows that the sample of milk purchased does not conform to the 
legal standard, the vendor is notified of that fact, and if it is the 
purpose of the department to institute a prosecution against him, a 
portion of the sample is reserved, duly sealed and kept under lock 
and key, so that the vendor may obtain it and submit it to an inde- 
pendent analysis if he so desires. All samples that are found to be 
of standard quality are delivered to one of the local charitable insti- 
tutions supported at public expense. It was formerly the custom of 
the department to inform the vendor of every sample of milk pur- 
