Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-27
yairvmen i'm Counctl.

At b called meeting Of the Attorney dairy
10. mers held yesterday at the residence of Mr..
produce superior article Of milk. and quart
against cattle diseases, &C., the following being
the result OF the discussion win be OF Interest
10 city consumers OF dairy products.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. g. 1879.
To tohofn 1t may concern:
We, the undersigned, associated farmers of
Maryla and Virginia, who consign the entire
products OF our dairy farms to our man .ger,
Mr.. +. K. Ward, at our Alderney Daires' depot,
NO. 629 street northwest, OF this city, at the
request OF nj: Ward. make the following state
ment and affidavit, to wit:
LIST. Since our organization as dairy farmers
some four years ago, we have never had sin
gle sick cow from '..pleuro- pneumonia" Or any
other contagious disease, TO the best of our
knowledge and belief.
I'd. We are In person the managers Of our
dalr1es both late and early, our cows are never
Ied On tretrery grains, household Stops or any
thing known to as Swiil, but which Is com-
monty known as '.cow feed
81: The principal food given our cattle is corn
meal, wheat bran, cut hay. cornfodder and
InangelWurzel "a large beet for purifying the
blood and raised expressly for the cowS.)
This food together with spring water and
young clover fields in season. cleanliness and
perfect ventilation in our stables with strains
OF fine blood in our cows, are the only causes
we can assign for the nOn-appearance Of the
prevailing contagion in this vlcinity-am lng
our herds-whch average over thirty-tive cows
to each farm.
We fully endorse the statement of the Health
Officer Of this city, who visited our farms by in
yitatiOn Of Mr.. Ward, viz: THAT the oil ;ease
will never make its appearance in a dairy
where there Is good feed, comfort and kind
treatment for the COW, proper ventilation.
cleanliness and intelligence In the manage
ment."
The Washington public are invited to visit
our farms at any time without notice TO Us, nd
they viii find everything as stated above, aHd
ourselves only too proud TO show them in our
diaries as fine blOOded stock as can be found
this side of New York.
John 8: Thompson, Fairfax Co., Va; post office,
Mt. Vernon.
DR., L. A. Cazenove Fairfax Co., Va; ; post Office,
Theological Seminary
c. F. Lee, Fairfax Co., Va; post office, Alex
aIdria.
Blocker Garfield Fairfax Co., Va; post Office.
Fairfax Court House.
DR.. b. III. johnson, Fairfax Co, Va; post Office,
Alexandria
II. L. salisbury, Fairfax Co., Va; post Office,
Isaiah Brady, Fairfax Co., Va; post Office Hern-
don.
DR.. L. A. Henry, Loudon Co., Va post Office,
A. G. Davis Montgomery Co., Nd; post Office,
Mt Airy, Md.
B. r. Codwise, Montgomery Co., Md; post office,
MOntrOse, Md.
Alfred Ray. Montgomery Co., Nd; post Office,
j. a. Boyd, Montgomery Co., Md; post Office,
BOydS Station.
All the milk. cream. skinned milk and butter
milk delivered from our wagons and depot
throughout the city Is received from the above
dairieS-and those only-each wagon delivering
the milk TO our purchasers from Lie same dairy
the year around. In exactly the same condition
it Is received, without shadow OF alteration.
+. h. WARD, Proprietor.
A. c. DE RONCERY, Bookkeeper
CoRBIN THOMPSON, superintendent.
"SWorn to and subscribed before me, by the
parties aforementioned and on the date
aDove-named." H. J. ENNIS
SEAL Notary Public.
Mr.. Ward offers a prize of $50 for the best
treatise on the prevailing cattle disease to be
submitted at their Nav mpetfnr