The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-05-31

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The Baltimore lSm Of Saturday last
says "A public meeting Of the Maryland
State Dairymen's Association was held in
Central Hall yesterday at II NJ, Vice
President L. A. j. Lamotte, of Carroll
county in the chair, VIM. B. Sands, Sec
rotary.
Prof Richard MeSherry, NJ. d., read
paper on the "Milk Question Our daily
bread, said the Professor, seems to be the
tirst want Of the human race, and yet, ex-
cept 10 the sense that bread means all
food, to large and interesting portion Of
the human family, milk, aud not bread, is
the first want, the first nutritiye element,
or ailmcnt 1t is strange how nearly akin
are bread and milk. The analysis Of milk
and flour show remarkable resemblanees,
both containing salts of potash, of soda, Of
lime, and Of iron; both contain starch or
sugar and oil, and proportions Of fibrin, al
bumen, casein, and gluten, all Of which
constituents enter directly into the eompo-
sition Of the blood, and health. Blood
confirms aud requires all of them, and
none Of them can be left out without de-
triment to the quality Of the blood, which
Is the great feeder Of all the living tissues.
the food Of life. Good normal milk has
within itself all the elements Of nutrition,
and Is quite adequate to supply the young
being with all the food that nature re-
quires. Beyond infant life il is difficult
TO say how far milk would suffice for the
wants Of the animal economy; the progress
OF development and maturity require more
solid food---more solid, for portion Of
milk always becomes solidiIied before il is
digested. An African traveller asserts that
the strongest man he ever knew scarcely
ever touched animal flesh; he was Dane,
whose chief diet was thick, sour milk by
the gallon, tea and coffee. Good milk has
appetite gravity Of about 900. Seeing
that milk is seven-eighths water, il seems
advisable that no further watering be done
until the supply from the dealers is pre-
pared for use in the nursery. With some
stomachs milk disagrees, for every stomach
has some laws for itself, which may no, be
violated, but frequently milk is blamed
without reason. No man should add a
glass Of milk to full dinner. oYertaxine
his stomach. Good milk is also a thera.
peutic agent. Recently fresh milk has
been injected into the blood vessels to
make up for rapid loss of blood. This
derivation from the blood, or liquid flesh.
as II has been called, is so like il that il is
capable Of experimenting the loss for a
time, until a revival is induced Of the flay-
ging powers Of life.
DIR. MeSherry urged the necessity Of not
e"sy Pure fccdi but pure water FOR COWS,
and showed that disease, such as typhoid
fever, had been caused by negligence 10
this respect. If the water, often added
frauduiently to milk by unprincipled deal.
ers, were always pure, the injury done
would be trihiDg, but unfortunately great
deal Of the water so used was pump water,
which, in or near cities, is always sitiated
Another source Of danger Is in keeping
milk for considerable time In tin vessels
u also becomes tainted BY being kept in
close or badly ventilated places: the feed
ing bottle used with infants NAV eorrnpt
milk i not sufficiently eleansed after every
use. Cold is great preservaiiyc Of milk.
and, on the other hand, boiling sometimes
tends to preserve il for time and make
it more digestiblc. Condensed milk i
very convenient for domestic use. Cream
IS too rich for common use, but is less ant
70 undergo fermentation than milk, and
Tor this reason some invalids can take
cream with water to advantage. Bonny-
elabber is about equally digestibIc with
mali, and nutritious. Buttermilk, fresh.
IS wholesome, less nutritious, but more easy
OF digestion than milk. Healthy milk
must come from healthy cows, which must
not be crowded in dark, damp, ill-yentilated
homes. Open fields and pure air thew
must have in order to give wholesome
milk. Authorities we're quoted to show
that disease was transmitted to human be.
ings BY eating the flesh Of diseased cows,
as well as drinking the milk, Producers
sending milk to Baltimore should combine
piedging pure milk, and demanding fair
remunsFativbs There ought to be iuyes-
tlgations Of production and supply. Every
dairy farm ought to be subject 10 the in
ycstlgation Of an agent Of the State board
q healfb. and al milk offered for sale sub
ject to examination BY men Of science an
pointed by the city authorities. The an
alyst should have the right TO take a
snail quantity of milk from every vendor
at any time for examination, and regular
reports should be published. The analyst
should report quarterly to the commission
efs Of health. The health Of thousands
depends upon the quality Of this milk.
which is or becomes their life's blood
The result would be that farmers who fur
sisl, tie best will always have precedence
In the masket.
Dr. v n Sehaeifsr, Of Washington.
spoke from notes, saying that DR.. NcShcr.
~ ha l anticipated him In much that he
had read. His remurks were directed
more particularly TO the dairymen, and re-
laied principally 10 The production Of a
pune article lis nature aud its properties.
The members were much interested IN the
remarks Of Dr. SchaeiIer aud bis introduc.
lion Of speeimens Of milk riexed through
binoeulf microscope The defaition of
Of adnltcnation Of milk as fixed in Enn.
lind he said, u aany foreign, animal.
vegetable o. mineral substance, O. added
water q the removal Of any portion Of
cream. He said also out Of l20 900 600
quarts Of milk sold annually ID New York
city 4 had been estimated by pfofesso,
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