. Town and city. precious load, —? FOOD INSPECTION l6l over twenty-five thousand cans of milk, and forty quartsin each can. This shows how much of the milk supplyof New York City comes in by train. Some of it needs no examining, for it travels coldfrom clean farms that can be trusted. Other cans needcareful testing, andwhenever they fail tomeet the standard theyare seized and the own-ers fined. The health depart-ment of Rochester,New York, allows but100,000 microbes toeach cubic centimeterof milk that is soldin the city. To makethe quality even bet-ter during the summer months, when microbes m
. Town and city. precious load, —? FOOD INSPECTION l6l over twenty-five thousand cans of milk, and forty quartsin each can. This shows how much of the milk supplyof New York City comes in by train. Some of it needs no examining, for it travels coldfrom clean farms that can be trusted. Other cans needcareful testing, andwhenever they fail tomeet the standard theyare seized and the own-ers fined. The health depart-ment of Rochester,New York, allows but100,000 microbes toeach cubic centimeterof milk that is soldin the city. To makethe quality even bet-ter during the summer months, when microbes multiply fastest and babies suf-fer most, there are special inspectors and special milkstations in different parts of the city. Here milk is soldso clean and so cold that the average number of microbesis only 10,000 for each cubic centimeter. To securethis, the city does its main work on a farm near by. Onit each cow is healthy and clean; each stable and eachmilkman is equally clean; while bottles and cans are. Microbes multiply in the Sunshine l62 TOWN AND CITY steamed and sterilized each time they are used. Morethan that, from the moment they are filled until themilk is sold they are closely packed in ice. No pasteurizing or boiling is done on this farm, for atall times, everywhere, clean, sweet milk is the best food
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