Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10

themselves were involved; but they
sold this ''vile stuff" this - slush,
to others not in the ring, and of course
under the fraudulent representation of
genuine goods. Send 'nm to prison, DR..
Woods, it is a clear case, and the first
one proven.
Now about sick cows and poisoned
milk My experience is that about the
first thing a sick COW does is to stop
giving milk entirely. 1t is a provision
of nature to protect her offspring. Sci
entists and theorists may find it differ
eut but do not. AS the animal re-
covers and the functions resume their
normal action the milk returns, but
then it is neither sick nor poisoned. AS
to eating poisoned weeds, ETC., never
to my knowledge had an animal
poisoned in that or any other way in
my life and | have owned first and last
thousands of them. Dairy cows to pro-
| duce milk In regular quantities must be
| fed to daintiness, and then their own
tastes and instincts are the all sufficient
| guard. Should one accidentally eat a
! little unwholesome food it would be ex-
| creted, not secretcd in the milk. The
trouble is not with the cows, but is in
| cidcnt to all large towns, or as we like
| to ilatter ourselves, TO cities of the met
ropolitan class. Milk brought from
| long distances is difficult to handle and
| should be run in on special early trains
at 4:3O a. IN. instead of 1920 as is now
| done. When we reach 25O,00O very
| likely the roads will make this change,
when this trouble will end to give
| place to some other. Troubles never
end. While you are running to the
| ground one piece of villainy another is
| being hatched.
How to regulate this matter is not an
easy thing. 1t is certainly to the in
terest of every honest dealer as well as
the consumer, to have nothing but pure,
wholesome, carefully handled milk
sold. A license and registration at a
low cost, so as not to be burdensome to
small dealers; milk inspector supplied
with the best obtainable instruments,
! pies could be analyzed; the Withholding
license on second conviction, would
seem to be good starter.
| The chief protection is in dealing, as
you would in any other line, with rep
utable persons, and if you have no con
fidence in anybody you must cut and
try using the inspector and analyzer
till your confidence is established.
Don't hold your dealer responsible for
a careless cook, or for violent changes
| in the weather. Milk is perishable
commodity, and there is mountain of
difference between go = and 50 > in pre-
| serving milk.
Use bright tin or earthen ware of
size sufficient to hold the milk in as
compact n body rs possible, and small
quantities never can be kept too close to
generous chunk Of ice when the ther-
mOmeter registers above 800. With
! sufficient care there need be no trouble
| in keeping twelve or even twenty-four
! hours.
There Is hardly dealer of any ex-
| perience who has not time and again
received both kicks and compliments
from the same can of milk. 1t shows
the difference in people.
| Strange as ii may seem not one dealer
in ten knows TO any certainty the cost OF
| his milk. He fixes his price by his
competitors and too many make up de-
fciencies in ways that are dark. -
| That consumers may know something
of the cost of producing milk the year
through | give below both production
and expenses for the twelve months
ending May 81, 1883:
| Cost of
| Feed. Observation-Disclosures. $50 55
LABOR ''.''''''''''.''.'''''' LA la Va Va
lncldenLal NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. oJ3 30
Taxes, interest, INSURANCE., depre-
| citation of stock, etc. ............ 1900 90
Total Observation-Disclosures. 276 95
Amount of milk produced, 5j3ls quarts
| Making a cost at home of .53lc per
quart, which at sixteen quarts for 81
leaves 0.9ic, or ninety four hundredths
of one cent per quart for delivering
Seven cents per quart is as low as good
milk can be retailed and Justice done
all around. MILKMAN.
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