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Milk Samples 367 to 372.—The next case, relating
to milk samples Nos. 367, 368, 369, 370, 371 and 372,
all purchased from one vendor, is of interest as showing
not only the varying standards of milk that can be found
in the possession of one tradesman, but, incidentally, the
interesting and varied stories that can be set up by and
on behalf of such an ingenious dairyman.
Observation was kept on this tradesman on many
occasions in the very early morning by Inspectors
Weeks, Rowsell and the Assistant, Saunders. He was
seen to manipulate his milk in various ways, and on the
morning in question, having delivered the same to a
large number of customers, Mr. Weeks and the other
officers proceeded to take their first official sample by
sending a boy to his barrow to purchase a 1d. of milk.
The boy, not being old enough to be suspected of being
an Inspector's agent, was, without question, served with
what purported to be a 1d. of milk. Mr. Weeks then
emerged into view, and proceeded to demand a 1d. of
milk from another vessel on the barrow. The vendor,
to counter this, promptly replied, "Oh, that is milk
and water." Mr. Weeks replied, "Very well; I will
have a 1d." Having completed that purchase, Mr.
Weeks subsequently demanded a 1d. from another handcan
on the barrow, to which the same reply is made,
"That is milk and water." Mr. Weeks also purchased
a second sample of what was offered to him—a wellknown
officer—as milk and water, but which was being
sold to the general public as milk. Mr. Weeks then
proceeded to divide up all his samples in the ordinary
way.
Later, the officers kept observation and saw this