MILK INSPECTION. 
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tice that blocks traffic, frightens people and at times occasions 
serious accidents. It would give small butchers the advantages 
enjoyed by wholesalers ; they could use the facilities of the large 
slaiighter-house, which are immeasurably superior to their indi¬ 
vidual establishments, and the cold storage system could be used 
by all with economy to the dealer, and advantage, and increased 
wholesomeness of the meat, to the consumer. The offal and 
the condemned organs and carcasses could be disposed of to bet¬ 
ter advantage. Local meat would gain in reputation, if such a 
system were enforced, and trade could be built up on its merits 
and competition with Western beef would be less difficult. 
Moreover, it has been shown by repeated trials of this .system 
that instead of increasing the cost of meat it tends to reduce it. 
A large establishment can be conducted by cooperation be¬ 
tween butchers at less expense than when each has his own 
establishment. In Europe such union or central abattoirs are 
owned by municipalities, and undoubtedly this is the most desir¬ 
able system, because under it all butchers are assured equal 
rights and privileges. It has been found that the rentals derived 
from these establishments are sufficient not only to pay the run¬ 
ning expenses, but to afford a reasonable return for the invest¬ 
ment. The whole system is not only of great advantage to the 
consumer of meats, but it subjects butchers to no hardship what¬ 
ever, and makes it more convenient and cheaper for them to 
conduct their trade. 
MILK INSPECTION. 
By James Henderson, M. R. C. V. S., Chicago, III. 
Read at the Meeting of the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association and the Chi¬ 
cago Veterinary Society, at the Sherman House, Chicago, Nov. 3, 1897. 
Mr. Chair7na7t and Gentle^nen : 
In accordance with the invitation of our President, the fol¬ 
lowing remarks will refer to the subject of milk inspection. 
The objects aimed at by milk inspection are : 
I-—To secure to the consumer a fair and uniform standard 
of quality. 
