SUPERVISION OF MILK SUPPLY. 
577 
Results of the System. —The adoption and operation of the 
system first met the determined opposition of some of the milk¬ 
men, a few were m favor and many were indifferent or sympa- 
thized with the opposition. Petitions were made and hearings 
had tor its abandonment, as unnecessary, without precedent 
anywhere else, an innovation and wrongful interference with 
private rights; that from experience and interest they were bet- 
tei fitted than the board to look after such matters. Opposition 
has now ceased and all have given it their willing and hearty 
support. J 
We believe we are among the pioneers in supervising the 
sources of the public milk supply and that, from our own ex¬ 
perience, such supervision is of the highest importance from a 
sanitary point of view. 
After the system had been in operation a little more than 
one year, stables that were dark, ill ventilated, covered with 
cobwebs and dirt, had poor or flat floors, without sufficient drop 
or trench to receive the excrement, had been given light, ven¬ 
tilation, cleanliness, new floors with sufficient drop to keep the 
cattle clean, have been whitewashed, bedded and received better 
care generally ; cattle better cared for and cleaned ; the milk 
which was often allowed to stand in the stable over night and 
not aerated at all, is now all properly aerated and kept entirely 
separate from the stables and stable odors. 
The publication of reports of the condition of stables, and 
care of dairies and milk, makes it necessary for the careless 
dealers to emulate the careful ones in order to hold their cus- 
tomers. About fifty dairies, numbering about 1,000 cows, sup¬ 
ply the city with milk and cream. 
The following improvements are taken from my annual re¬ 
port made January i, 1896, after the system had been in opera- 
tion eight months : ^ 
Stables whitewashed, 22 ; stables given better lio-ht 18 • 
stab es given better ventilation, 17 ; stables given new flSors, 11 •’ 
stables given new ceilings, 7 ; stables given new lining's, 2 • 
new stables,'2; new aerating buildings, 8 ; all milk properly 
aerated m separate buildings. 1 
Tuberculosis. —In 1895 the board made a bacteriological ex- 
amination of .the entire milk supply and discovered the presence 
U c^ r< I U £ S1S \ n t J ie dairies, numbering 281 cows. 
I he State Board of Health, upon request of the local board, ad¬ 
ministered the tuberculin test to these 281 cows, and found 
'eight cows afflicted with tuberculosis, which the State killed and 
