The modern milk problem in sanitation, economics, and agriculture . Fig. 8. Typical Milksheds(d) Chicago (1911). and definite. They have, however, labored under thedisadvantage of having to deal with a matter involvingdifficulties if not complications and one apt to be over-shadowed by other public health problems. They havesometimes framed verbose or impossible have often failed to impress the dairyman bymeeting his practical objections. As one writer says:— THE CASE TO-DAY 45 The position of the boards of health has been difficult, forthey have been charged by the farmers wi
The modern milk problem in sanitation, economics, and agriculture . Fig. 8. Typical Milksheds(d) Chicago (1911). and definite. They have, however, labored under thedisadvantage of having to deal with a matter involvingdifficulties if not complications and one apt to be over-shadowed by other public health problems. They havesometimes framed verbose or impossible have often failed to impress the dairyman bymeeting his practical objections. As one writer says:— THE CASE TO-DAY 45 The position of the boards of health has been difficult, forthey have been charged by the farmers with ignorance offarm conditions, by the railroads with imposing impossible N N S Y L«--Ny A. Fig. 9. Typical Milksheds(e) Washington (1911). Heavy dots show points from which milkcars start, largest shipping points enclosed by circles. orders as regards icing and other matters, and by contractorswith the promulgation of regulations that were unnecessary,arduous and expensive.^ The active health officer or milk inspector must ex-pect more or less objection and misconception from 46 THE MODERN MILK PROBLEM those whom his activities affect. He must, therefore,be prepared to deal with difficulties and justify hiscourse. THE PRESSURE ON THE FARMER ? It is from the producer, the dairy farmer, whether heretails his product himself or sells to a middleman, thatthe loudest opposition to higher sanitary requirementshas come. His most frequent protestation relates tothe price that he receives,—namely, that he cannotmake sanitary improvements which necessitate greaterexpense and care without some increase in that argues that his labor is becoming harder, his ex-penses heavie
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