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Show INCREASED USE OF METRIC SYSTEM Pew people realize how widely the metric Bystem of weights and measures meas-ures are employed in this countrv. Yet sportsman and scientist drugglsl and Jeweler, farmer and physical director, housewife and health officer, librarian and manufacturer, even in Federal Government all know and use the metric system. "The scientific tanner no longer wonders at 'calories' and 'grams' and 'liters' and 'centimeters', he kknowsj jthat the science upon which the aiii culture Is based depends upon investigations investi-gations in which onlv melric units are employed For instance. In the Bab-,cock Bab-,cock milk test, which is familiar to ever dalrj farmer, 17.5 cubic centi meters of snip uric acid is adder) to 17.6 cubic centimeters of milk. Certified Certi-fied must, among other things, have! llese than 10 ooo bacteria per cubic centimeter: the milk classified asj Grade A' must contain less than 100.-""" 100.-""" bacteria per cubic centimeter before be-fore pasteurization; and less than 10, 000 afterward. "The health officer determines the fitness of water for use by the number and kind of bacteria. He seldom approves ap-proves of water containing more than ja few hundred bacteria per cubic centimeter, cen-timeter, regardless of the kind and 'water is labeled 'good' only if It con ! tains loss than a hundred bacteria per i cubic centimeter. It is worth mention that In case of serious illness the bulletins used bv the phsician3 for public information now usually givw Jthe number of leucocytes and phagocytes phago-cytes per cub centimeter of blood. "Scientific housekeeers use metric units constantly. A balanced diet is of extreme Importance in reducing the cost of food: and In figurine dietaries diet-aries metric units only are employed l"r- ,1 Telfnr.l in ',,p ,;; ;,- hanics |