The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-05-20
Pure Mix.

II q meeting ot the Maryland Academy 81
Sciyncrs Baltimore. Muniay night, br. john
Morris spoke uH the pura milk question, which
h. treated rNhsusirely. he showed hnw re-
cent investigation had proved that even the
pnrcst miiS may, o. Improper contact. ifs the
means of communicating typhold fever and
srsylatlaa- ia these eases tsc suurees ui cun-
taeion and contamination arp offensive sms.
nations from stables, drains and poisonous
underground wstes used ia dasrs-- The
Doctor stated thai the lactpmgt+T had nrvn
proved hy Prot. borrmas and Others % be-
most unreliable Instrument Ter Testing the
purity Of milk. The microscope, too, . APT
Ia misiead 60 erroneous cHnclls ihoagh o.
i useful n showing Jhr character II diseased
milk. IN Rhode Island then, ~ law that J.;
milk. ou analysis. contains more than - per
cent ot wairry funds. or hess than y per cent.
Of milk solids, or less than p per cent. 1T miiS
fa,>. IL shall bc deemed aduiteraiod BIS.
DR.. Morris thinks simple sad PLAIN statute.
and fixes lhr standard iu ia'r way, \ pure
milk varies jan composition 90 a very marked
degree, u j. difficult otherwise ia establish
standard.
IN connection with the subject Of ywill- milk,
Dr.. Morris said the infant mortality ia oar
large cities may be attributed ina grca; measure
60 the employment OF milk from cow, imprp-
perry fed Condensed milk he regarded as an
equally Objectionable form OF food. Owing Ia
the undue quantity Of sugar il contains II leads
10 the accumulation Of an unhealthy form OF
fat. and children led on IL speedily perish
when attacked by acute disease. They are
supposed by their fond parents 10 be- models
Of health. but this Is q grave deluslOn- Mr..
Dutcr6ridgc HOrsey, OF Frederick canuty,
well. known farmer and distiller, does mel be-
lieyr swill-ieediug Is injurious If gwen In pro
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or other food. Hr has abandoned feeding his
own cows with il, however, for the reason that
II imparts "A peculiar udor 20 the milk, and
notably 10 the butter. Swiil. however. ifgiyen
in large quantities for any length Of time. eX-
+ erciscs "a very reFuicious influence ON the COW
and wholly vitiaIes the milk. But there Is
another form Of food given to cattle still
I more deleterious than swill-the refuse from
+ the extraction OF glucose from corn. ms
Is highly injurious, If not poisonous. For
tunately not much of this debris Is to be
had in Baltimore. where there Is but one glu-
cOse factory In badly ventilated stables
milk otherwise pure may Dee quickly tainted
and rendered unfit for food by bad odorS.
Scarcely one of the cow stables Of Baltimore
/ city has proper drainage aud ventilation. In
the seventeenth ward l45 deaths occurred
in the past year from diphtheria alone The
people of this ward are supplied with milk
chiefly from cows in the ward, fed on swilI
slop and confined in badly ventilated stables,
where the animals are MIXED While the
lecturer could not say that the diphtheria
originated from this cause. vet he did hold
that children fed on this milk would be less
/ likely to recover than those properly nourish-
ed. Pure milk by the French method is sup
piled to families in New York. and is com
mended for security. The milk is put in clear
glass bottles supplied with wired rubber stop
pers, like those familiar on beer bottles, and
a label pasted over the neck wire giving the
date when the bottle was filed. On the base
of the bottle is certificate as to quality.
( The labels cannot he broken, tempered with
or removed without detection. The hotties
are delivered regularly, ike bottled beer, and
I Dir. Morris said he was sure if any intel
( iigent milk producer of the Maryland Dairy.
/ mems Association will undertake this method
of furnishing milk in Baltimore it wonld prove
/ highly profitable venture, and serve to I'M
/ tate most useful plan of milk distribution.