The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-19
STRICTLY PURE WATER.
1t II Essentially Necessary to the Produc
ton OF Good MIX.

1t IL Essentially Necessary to the Produce
ton OF Good MILK.
Dairy farmers should bear in mind
that in order to produce fine quality
Of dairy products their cows should
have access to strictly pure water. AMI
should never be allowed to drink from
stagnant pools or ponds into which the
drainage Of houses, barns, stables. OF
manure heaps finds its way. Unfortu-
natelv the commandment. '.give pure
water that you may have good milk"
is more honorcd in the breach than in
the observance. and the carclcssness or
neglect Of the farmer in this respect too
often results in \ delctcrious influence
on the flavor. wlolcsomeness and value
Of his products which scnsibly affects
his pocket and his reputation rs \
dairynan before the cause is located
and removed. If there is one fact con-
nccted with the propagation Of disease
better established than another. il is
that impure water is the most active Of
all agents in disseminating Infection.
Every case in which typhoid fever. for
instance. has appeared as an cpl
demic has been traced most unmis-
.takably to the use of water
contaminated with sewage matter.
For = long time the reason of this
alarming fact was shrouded in mystery,
chemical analysis giving no indications
BY which wholesome water can be dis
,tinguished from that which contains 4
deadly poison; but finally the improve
ments affected by modern science and
skill in the construction OF the micro
scope were brought to bear on this in
'quiry, and it was soon conclusivcly
proved that the dcleterious quality was
owing to the presence Of certain living
organisms Of a low type which are de-
veloped in the sewage, and which,
when taken into the stomach along
with the water, increase and multiply
ut al astonishingly rapid rate entering
into the circulation and penetrating
the tissues like the trichina of pork.
and initiate disease by the irritation
they produce. Of course. the same
causes which operate SO disastronsly
upon man act in similar manner ON
his domesticatcd animals, for their
bodies are constructed on the same
fundamental plan. and their functions
are determined by the same general
laws which regulate our own. In a
very interesting experiment by Prof.
Law, he traced fungoid form
from the water Of stagnant pool
through the COW into the milk. from
which it passed into the cheese and inl-
pregnated it with poisonous matter. 1t
is also we'll known fact that both the
milk and flesh of COWS that are fed up
on grass cut from meadows which are
irrigated with liquid sewage become
infested with an animal organism either
identical with. or closely resembling
the deadly trichina spiralis found in
pork. Examples might be multiplied.
but we think we have said enough &c
impress upon our readers the far-reach.
ing importance Of the subject. Indeed.
every farmer knows that no COW can
drink unwholesome water. and at the
same time yield pure wholesome milk.
The evil lies in the fact that every
farmer does not act on his knowledge
and take proper precautions, SO that
cows can not contaminatc the milk and
endanger the health of consumers by
drinking water that's foul. Moreover.
when We consider the many methods
now in use for securing pure water in
abundance, there is no excuse for any
farm being without it. The mud-holes
and stagnant ponds should GO. --Ameri.
can Dairyman.
-'.H the devil catch man idle. he'll
set him at work" Not much chance
for his Satanic majesty on dairy farm.
Dairy World