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go first, and the police authority used only in those cases where the j 
dairyman persists in wilfully violating his own knowledge in prepar- j 
ing his milk for market. !' 
Any superficial compliance with police regulations becomes a farce i| 
unless the dairyman understands the principle back of such regula- r 
tions. As an example: 
Fig. 38 gives a graphic illustration of blind compliance with such 
regulations. A city ordinance required that there must be so many | 
feet of glass in every stable. The barn in the photograph was one of 
the usual type of barn found in Pennsylvania and Maryland. The ; 
dairyman put in the required amount of glass behind the shutters! 
This was an extreme case, but the example shows the probable out- 
come of enforcing regulations without giving instruction as to their 
purpose. Fig. 39 illustrates the same thing. The dairyman was 
required to provide a milk house. Having no knowledge of the 
purpose of such a house he followed the idea that appealed most to i 
him — that of convenience. This led to the ridiculous situation of his 
using a section of the hog house to keep his milk in. The skim and ' 
surplus milk was thus easily disposed of, but think of the condition i 
of the milk that was sent to market after having been kept for some 
hours in such a place. 
But little improvement will come through regulations requiring 
clean cows, clean milkers, and clean methods of milking and handling 
the milk unless the dairyman understands the object of such regu- 
lations and the effect they will have on his work. The officers in i 
charge of inspection must be teachers first and policemen only when i 
they find that the dairyman will not live up to the instructions given / 
him and his knowledge of what is right. 
MILK UTENSILS. 
The milk pail should be made so as to reduce to a minimum the 
amount of dirt and hair that can get into it during the operation of 
milking. Fig. 40 shows various types of pails. The Avide top is in 
most common use and is most objectionable. The narroAv top in 
some form or other will undoubtedly in time replace the Avide top. 
Pails and all other A^essels designed to hold milk should be seamless, 
if possible, and where seams must occur they should be flushed full 
and smooth with solder. There should be no place either inside or 
out that can not be reached Avith the brush in washing. HeaAuly 
tinned utensils are recognized as the best for milk purposes. Wood, 
galvanized iron, or an}" material that is rough or porous is unfit for 
milk vessels. 
CLEANING MILK UTENSILS. 
No part of the dairy work is more important than the cleaning of 
the milk utensils, or is so often neglected. It can not be too strongly 
emphasized that dairy utensils must, after the milk is washed from 
