The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-14
OUR MILK.
DEMOCRAT REPRESENTATIVE yTs-
ITS THE DIARIES OF THE CITY.

ITS THE DIARIES OF THE CITY.
The Result of the Investixati0n shows
Up All Points About MILK, Its Adult
terntiOn, the Feeding of the Cows and
their Condition.
The recent investigations going on Ia a num-
ber Of cities In the North and West into the
quality OF milk veDded, has created more than
an ordinary eommotlon In medical circles, az
we'll as among the consumers OF that valuable
article OF diet The examinations already made
go TO show that not only may this delicate nour-
lshment become a source Of many diseases, but
that In large number OF cases death can be-
attribH Ted 10 nothing else. Pure milk. that into
which no adulteratfon has been added. contains
every constituent to give vigor and growth to
the human frame. but when 1t Is obtained either
from diseased animal or is adulterated, or
whore the animal Ia fed upon deleterlous food.
the secretlons In the udder OF the COW contain
| In themselves the seeds OF future ailments. In
the great crusade of 1859 In New York. against
the swill milk dairies. II was clearly shown that
In the product of COWS fed upon the swill or re-
fuse from distillerles. there still remained
large proportion of alcohol. which,
If given to infants could not but
wreck their constitutions and render the help
less babe either drunkard for life, or q shat
tered specimen OF humanity.
According to the scientific report on the sub
ject the adulteration Of milk Is commonly ef-
feeted by the addition Of water technically
termed. simpson milk and Its presence is
made known BY the specific gravity of the mix
ture Frequently terra alba or other white
earths are used with water. but their presence
can bs easily discovered by allowing the milk TO
sour, when the colorlng matter sinks to the bot
tom Of the vessel. To give 1t yelowish, creamy
M 10 ,ftor,r
here water is used. and SO far there has been
no case brought to light where chalk or teyTG
aba was known to have been used. What is
milk from diseased animals. M Dumas, of
| ,Iris. and sustained by M. Gaudin. says that
milk from aninals suffering from, pleuro-
| very unwbolesome. and ought not to be drunk.
1t can b. detected BY the aid of a microscopes
Is natnre of oRR RRns and by large amount Of epi-
n solhipg like il =, careful a and scientific e4-
has ever been made in New Orleans. From
| times traditional the milkmen have car
from anything like even a cursory eepion-
gp SIa hey a resent as en- aoat
long has this 81 been eons on u Il was
determined by the DEMOCRAT to take up the
matter itself, and with what means md skill Il
suls OF an inquiry on the part OF one Of its
Milk mon il they had been aware OF the PURPOSE
| OF his INQUIRIES would refuse to sell a sample
and l., would I'D rot rot permit entrance into their
pies Of the purest article. A little strategen,
Ws give what as obtained In only nscessarilv
short peregrination.
| The first dairy visited was that OF
PAUL RoussET.
on Napoleon street, near Canal, not far
distant from the Suburban Police Station. Ii
was about hall past o'clock In the after
| sive Approaching the dairy the reporter was
announced by the furious bar king of number
OF mongrei dogs. and thereupon a lady appeared
q and ws as to h
On being informed she very readily showed the
about ninety T. Ct In length By forty In Width pre- pre-
COWS mad Just been MIXED for iR the atepnoons tern.
commons. Mrs. Rousset stated that there were
now eighty COWS giving milk, They we're fed
| upon cotton seed hus and the meal mixed,
Besides this, graz was given them. large
anantity having been cut and stored overhead.
This establishment furnishes the. cream and
asked about the adulteraton OF the milk, IL was
frankly stated that there vas Q large number
T1S pa 0hsaR "a hs h Milk a4a "a
order 70 satisfy such who cared more for the
dnantity a w than NTH the M quality An examination Of
| dairy OF ''A
AUGUST vrrTER.
on Canal street. ON the upper side, which wa
also inspected The ttable was an old concern
covered on & i's intterior Int with oobwebs., The
| up perfume not OF Araby. and the manure had
aocum ulated in places .sone inches In depth.
The cows themselves did not present the clean
their previous nights siesta. In separate
division Of the stable there were some six West
eln cows. hat are never permitted to leave the
1s4f N n n Unn trrxA ArA
an animal looked as if She carrlt d surplus of
fat, and q - veterinary Student could easily have
and vertebrn. They produced. according
to the statement of one Of the milk
for the bGss soar was done gone cut
milk. The reporter tasted some Of it just pre-
pared for distribution, and found II thin and
served In the milling A man with dirty shirt
an and az di,sier p.ir Of pants bareooted and bare
the shGE WITH h9o n and sucts ssts sd s
between his legs hs commences operations and y
the tiny streams begin to flow into It. With m
COW gives a switch of her tail into the mafaas
face, directly over the bucket. and. as in mot
insanees % & The tall Is not kept quite az clean as
the lottery that sometbing besides milk now
and again falls: The bag Is not washed nor the
cow At this stable the feed was the same as at
d sd 70 sss o. Tn'a acng
the district above Canal street the reporter came
upon next the stable OF
]. LARRIEUX,
on Carrolton Avenue near canal. There were 1
twenty y eight cows here. and some of them the
sorriest looking Specimens Of the ganus vet
seen. The stable had just been cleaned out and
did not greet the olfactories with Offensive
o,dors. The building was well ventilated, but
business was carried on ia the most primitiys
manner. without the least pretensons toward /.
study or Improvement. The feed given was the
but that from The. ground cotton seed. Lar
rieux himself could not De called q communiea-
tive man. When questioned on the subject OF
tiattble 70 the average stomach he shrugged
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