Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-07-09
AMONG THE AGRTCULTURTSTS
The Interesting Facts Presented by the Boston
Milk Inspectors Notwithstanding that
Reauires Constant Attention,

The Interesting Facts Presented by the Boston
MILK Inspectors Notwithstanding that
Requires Constant Attention.
From the Germantown Telegraph
The twenty-sixth annual report Of the Bos-
ton milk inspector presents some interesting
facts During the year 1884 there were sold
IN Boston no less than 3375,39O pounds of
oleomargarine, OF the value of Si3s,OOO. The
666 wholesale dealers in milk, i'm the city,
sold collectively an average of So, 600 cans of
milk per day, each can containing 81 quarts
of milk, which at the price of 10 cents per
can would, during the year, amount to S5,-
$4,000
There is desire to obtain purer quality in
the milk, and so the inspector suggest that
the mornings milk be retained in the coun-
try till after the evening milking, which
shall he quickly cooled to about 40 degrees
Fahrenheit, and then to he taken, TO the
railroad station, go to Boston and he
received by the milk wagons in the morn
ing, and delivered directly TO customers !;
in this way the inspector believes that
the milk would, on an average, he twenty
four hours fresher than at present, and
escape all the danger due to exposure to air
, Of most city milk wagon stables while being
run through the cooler and put into small
cans for distribution. The city consumer
should learn to recognize the difference be-
tween whole and skim milk. The average
thickness of cream that will form upon milk,
after half day standing, should be about
one-ienth the depth of the milk, but yet milk
that has been SKINNED and had colored
water thrown upon it will again throw up
Just such a thin surface of cream as city peo-
pie expect to find upon milk. The best au-
thorities state that cream is not to be con
sidered worthy of its name If it contains less
than % per cent of butter fat IL may contain
90 per cent, yet so-called samples of cream
from fairy rich Jersey milk have been taken
In tI,a .Y1T t.nfp nHta Tor nj lxFlt.
that contained only about per cent of
butter fat The inspector believes that the
milk supply needs to be subjected to some
thing more than a chemical and mlcroscOpical
examination. He believes that the cows
themselves should be examined also the
stables in which they are kept as regards
sanitary conditions, ventilation, drainage and
cleanliness of stalls aud cows udders at the
time of milking. Also the water and food
provided, to see that it Is of healthy
character aud also the cleanliness of the can.
If these important points are reelected, even
though chemical and microscopcal examiDa-
tions fail to detect anything wrong, the milk
may cause sickness and death. 1t is now
firmly believed that many epldemics Of
typhoid fever, scarlet fever and other diseases
have been known to have been occasioned by
the use of faulty milk.
According to the records of the produce
exchange not more than One-fourth of the
imitation butter sold is sold under its true
name, which is sufficient to warrant vig-
orous legislation on the subject of fraudulent
butter. -Jp reteronce to vinegar the inspector
recommends true marking so as to dis
tinguish true cider vinegar from its colored
and prepared limitations. These facts regard
ing Boston are equally true as applied to all
our cities, and are such present them
selves to the consideration of all consumers.
1t is evident that rigid legislation is de-
manded.
Requiring Constant Attention.
There is probably no better evidence OF the
value of attention in the care of gardens than
that which observation ful nishes. The result
of tillage can find no better illustration than
that furnished by the gardens of men of lei.
sure, who use the garden as a means of
leisure and so give it almost constant culti-
yation. Given all other conditions the same,
and the garden of him who at all times OF
leisure is found stirring the soil, will be
almost double the value of the one of
him who gives attention when the great
growth of weeds actually demands the
use of the hoe. In the one case the soil
is kept continually stirred and loosened,
the plants grow vigorously and produce
abuudantly of the best developed that their
kind afford ; no weeds are allowed to sop
any plant nutriment from the soil. In the
other case for want of stirring the soil becomes
hard and beaten down, weeds spring up and
draw fertility from the soil, and in conso-
quence the vegetables grow slowly, are
dwarfed in size, unproductive and of poor
quality. This is no picture of imagination,
but may be seen every day in passing from
one garden TO another. There is something
pleasing in looking up garden that Is well
kept and has vegetables of all kinds growing
vigorously. 1t is place where one can lin
ger with satisfaction but let the condition
be changed and the impulse is to get away
from the place as soon as possible.
Illlage is manure