I8 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
Report of the Bacteriologist. 
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Lo the Director of the Storrs A gricultural L-xperiment Station: 
SIR:—A number of lines of bacteriological work have been 
conducted by this department during the year ended June tae 
1905. Some of these are continuations of investigations which 
were begun before the beginning of the year. Certain of 
these investigations have progressed sufficiently to be reported 
upon, and the results obtained will be found elsewhere in this 
report. Some of the more technical lines of work which have 
been running for some years are still incomplete, and no report — 
will be given at present. During the year a number of special 
problems have been investigated. Some of these will be re- 
ported in this volume, while certain others are still in process 
of investigation, and not sufficiently completed to warrant a 
report at this time. 
The bacteriological and sanitary studies of market milk men- 
tioned in my last report have occupied a considerable amount 
of time during the year, and sufficient results to warrant 
publication have been obtained from two series of investiga- 
tions. The purpose of this work is to obtain more definite 
knowledge in regard to the sanitary condition of milk produced 
by the dairymen of the state; and in this work not only the 
milk but the stable conditions of the dairies have been studied, 
with the results given in the article entitled ‘Studies of Market 
Milk’’ found in this report. In view of the present agitation 
on the part of city officials and the general public toward a 
cleaner milk supply, it is of great importance to know definitely 
the quality of the milk when it leaves the hands of the pro- 
ducer. While the results given in the present article indicate 
the quality of the milk produced by dairymen in two localities, 
the writer believes that they are not representative of many 
sections of our state, and intends to continue this line of 
investigation in other sections. 
