Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24
MILK Is THE IDEAL.
II Sterilized, Baby's Second Summer
Should Have No Terrora
FAULTS. OF ARTIFICIAL FOODS
Simple Test Of the Efficiency Of the Dairy.
mans Product.
LESSONS THE sTOCKRIISERs TEACH
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Sterilized milk has usually been recon-
mended as especially valuable In diseases
| OF the stomach and bowels. Its highest
| value is not, however, as a medicine, but
rather as a food. Favorable as are the re-
] suits ofits use for sick babies, its best work
is always with children of average health
and heredity. It's chief value is not in the
cure, but really in the prevention of infan-
tile disorders. These, as a rule, attack those
only whose vital powers have, through
some form of malnutrition, been reduced be-
low par.
The artificial foods that preceded steril-
lied milk in popular favor were all defec.
tive in one or the other of two ways, they
were either unsafe or unnutritious The
first class, comprising nearly all sorts Of
| milk diet, furnished the proper and natural
because they contained such abundant germ
life that the child who took them was sell
dom we'll and often violently i'll. The
second class embraced the patent baby foods
and condensed milk; they eliminated the
elements of danger arising from bacteria in
fection, but failed to furnish sufficient
nourishment to meet the demands of grow
ing child. Each class avoided the danger Of
the other, only to incur as great danger
peculiar to itself.
Milk is the Ideal Food.
Milk as food furnishes all the elements
necessary to life and growth, Now that 10
can also be made free from germs, 1t is
/ when properly prepared an ideal food, and
its discovery has revolutionized the whole
system of infant dietary. Sterilization is
merely an effort to restore milk to it's
natural germless condition, and to retain as
much as possible its normal elements Of
nutriment.
The common belief that the primary OBJ
ject of sterilizing milk is to prevent 1t from
souring, is misleading. Milk that is in
danger of becoming acid before it can be
used, Is already unfit for infants in any
form. The important object to be obtained
by sterillzing, is to DESTROY as soon and as
thoroughly as possible the bacteria, which
otherwise continue to feed upon the milk
and to destroy the fat globules, which con-
tain the elements essential for the nourish-
ment of the babe. Most of the milk used
for children is even when fresh deficient in
fats, and the uninterrupted action of the
germs renders it simply starvation rations
for any growing creature.
By pouring q small quantity of the milk
into a graduated test tube, and setting il
aside for "a hours, any mother may learn
just how much cream it will yield, and by
placing one of the bottles in the tempera-
ture of a living room she can ascertain il
the milk is sufficiently we'll sterilized.
Feeding Does Not Mean Nourishmsnt
Most children are fed too much in bulk.
The milk they drink is not rich enough to
satisfy with any normal quantity their
healthy appetites. To approximate to good
breast milk, we must start with
cows milk that will yield one
fourth its own bulk in cream;
this, when diluted with equal amounts Of
water will yield food that is safe, nourish-
ing and entirely adequate to all the de-
mands of hungry stomach. Fed on or
dinary city milk, many children slowly die
of starvation, or become in time the VIC
tins of chronic illness, resulting from NAL
nutrition. An infant may be fed to reple-
tion and yet be poorly nourished Scores
of even well-fed babies are half starved
without ever having suffered from hunger.
Malnutrition is indicated by late dentition,
poor bone formation tending to ricketts,,
broken sleep by night, general fretfulness
by day, a susceptibility to colds and ten
dency to catch all prevailing disease as
consequence of lowered vitality.
Immunity from disease is especially i'm
portant during the first year of life; since
child's power of resistance is then at it's
lowest ebb, and its susceptibility to infec-
tfon at its maximum. Statistics prove that
with every month of existence q child's hold
on life is strengthened.
Breeders of animals will give you numer-
Gus facts about the relation OF food to
growth; thev also formulate many rules Of
vital Importance of balanced rations Little
attention is, however, paid to scientific plans
fpn6InU a thew hnVnvar
so near akin to the lower animals we may
gain something by rehearsing for their ben
eft a few of the a1ioms in the rearing OF
colts or calves.
The Proper Time for Growth.
1t is known thata horse under year old
will make more gain in weight on a given
amount of food than he can add to his avoir-
dupois on twice the amount later on. The
size of a horse, COW or q dog is
pra ctically determined by its nourishment
and care during the first six months OF life
If any of these creatures fail during that
early period to make the best growth possi-
BILE, he can never afterward make 1t up, and
must fall short of It's possible maximum size
at maturity.
The greatest difficulty In rearing calves
that are fed is the prevalence and severity
Of powell trouble. Some of the finest dairy
farms in America have, during certain sum.
mers, lost every calf in spite of persistent
effort to cure and save them At our own
larn we nave lOr over Two years br1eQ tn0
experiment. of feeding all the young Jersey
COWS with sterilized milk. During that
time not one of the young creatures has had
any OF the dreaded trouble, and the growth
they have made has been far beyond the
average.
Properly fed with milk that is sterflized
Ind sufficiently rich in its fats, the average
child escapes infarit1le disorders, is fortified
against the contagious diseases OF childhood,
Ind at maturity may hope to attain greater
'ize and vigor than is possible when given
my other form of nourishment.
FRANCES FISHER WooD.
ALL classes praise DR.. Bulls Cough