San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-30
THE MILK
OF NJ

At an End Where that of PuImon-
airy Cattle Begins.
There can be no doubt but that our
milk industry, a very flourishing one
by the way, is the largest in the state.
This, of course, does not include
creamaries, cheeseries or any other
cries." except diaries, which supply
the wholesale and retail milk trade of
this city.
A talk with one of our we'll known
dairymen developed the following
facts, which are of interest to every
one:
"The number of milkmen in this
city must be something like ITO or
l20," said the dairyman, land the
number of cows utilized in the indus
try undoubtedly amounts to some
thing like 5000. You can estimate
the immense quantity of milk which
is consumed in San Antonio daily,
when 1 tell you that the aver
age COW gives about from n
to one and a half gallons
of milk per day, which taken at a fair
estimate Is 1000 gallons daily. Milk
throughout the year averages 80 cents
a gallon. This puts the daily bust
ness done by this industry at $1,000
and the yearly business at $43S, 900 or
nearly one-half a million dollars.
This, however, Is the wholesale price,
the retail price being 35 cents. which
would make the annual business fully
$500, 900.
"What kind of cattle do the dairy
people keep" queried the reporter.
"Graded cattle. You won't find
anything else but graded cattle in the
diaries of San Antonio. Most of them
are graded Holsteins and Jerseys,
while q few have Durhams.
1t does not pay to keep the poor
classes at ALL"
"Yes, sir, we keep the cattle nice,
clean and fat, feeding them through
out the year on sugar cane, corn, hay,
cotton seed meal and some dairymen
use brewers grains, hops and malt"
"How about the city milk in
spector? Does he come out to your
places often to inspect the milk?"
HE does not visit the diaries at all.
the men. His inspections are
Il DOb uldI. hoNc huOWu
times when he inspected my milk
every day in the week and then
never showed up in two months"
what of the last inspection law,
and the accompanying inspectors
fee?u
ooh, it's entirely too high. 1t is nom
sense. 1 hear that the fee is 10 cents
q head, but that Is too high. Per-
haps the inspector will come out there
once in two OF three months, just so
he gets his fee, and that won't do any
good. In fact, the inspectors can't
exercise their powers outside of the
city limits. This exempts those par
ties living out of town, and only puts
an extra heavy tax on the parties in
the city. Even if 1 had a diseased
COW in my dairy, 1 would look to her
and see that she receives proper treat
ment, without an inspector coming
out there. Whether the city dairy
men are going tn submit to the ordi-
nance without a legal fight, L am not
prepared to say. AS to me seeing
diseased cattle, yes, but 1 do not be-
lieve that bhere are any hereabout
that are afflicted with these dreadful
pulmonary diseases"
'There are plenty of diseased cattle
around the city," said DR.. From, the
veterinary surgeon, "but the cases of
pulmonary diseases are not frequent,
and then they exist only in proSract-
ed wet weather"
The idea is common among our
dairy men that the inspector author
lied under the new law will have no
authority outside of the city limits,
and consequently those living out of
town would be exempt. A reporter
inquired of city Health Officer Braun
nagel what he thought of the matter.
"Of course the new inspector has
authority outside OF the city limits
and no one will be exempt from the
law. The health officer has jurisdic-
ton five miles outside Of the city
limits and this matter of milk and
milch COW inspection is q matter of
public health, therefore the new in
spector has full power for q distance
Of five miles outside of the city linn
it's" AS this includes every man
who sells milk in San Antonio 1t
seems to settle the matter of exempt
ing any dairyman from the inspectors
fee.