The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-17
TIE. D-IIRTMEN,. WENr1NG.

!" MiIk" Discussed by the Dairymen's
 Association-C Careful Inspection of Cows
 and Their MIX Reeommended-Ofiicer
 Elected.
 Hartford, Jan. 16,--The fourteenth an nual convention of the Connecticut
 Dalrymen's association opened at Jewell hall in the Y. NJ. C. A. building yesterday morning and will be in ses- sion to-day and tomorrow The meet ing was called to order at 10 o'clock by Robert A. Potter of Bristol, president of the association. An address of well come was made by Mayor Brainard, which was responded to by ex-Congress- man William E. Simonds. Remarks on the composition of milk were made by Dr. E. K Jenkins of the agricultural station at New Haven He gave an analysis of milk showing it's different ingredients in state of purity and it's properties, source and uses as food. A number of questions were asked of him and experiences were given by many of those present.
 At the afternoon session the report of the secretary and treasurer, w. l. Bartholomew, was read. The treasur- CTS report showed that on January l, 1895, there was a balance of $241.9 97 in the treasury, against $S491 on January l. 1894 There were forty-two annual members obtained during the year and twelve life members, which brings the latter membership up to sixty-two, an increase of fifty-eight in four years
 The secretary's report said that the public health demanded that the dairy products be more carefully inspected He said it is not to be presumed that the product of the 150,000 cows of the state, in various conditions of health and environments, reached the con sumer pure and uncontaminated, and he recommended that inspections be made of the milk In retail trade, of the cows, their food and stablng, and the careful handling of their milk which is kept for butter and cheese. This precaution, he said, is right to patrons which should not be ignored and any reasonable suspicion of the COW or her products should receive intelligent at- tention.
 The election of officers and directors followed The old boards were elected as follows: President, Robert A. Pot ter, Bristol; vice president, Stephen M. Wells, Wethersfeld; treasurer w. I. Bartholomew, Putnam; directors, for two years, J, s. Kfrkham, Newington, ', Charles w. Lee, Coventry, Thomas W. Loomis, Windsor, H. E. Savage, East Berlin for one year, G. E. Manchester, West Winsted, Hubert F. Potter, Montowese, T. s. Gould, West Cornwall, I. w. Stark, Lebanon.
 Following the election of officers Dr. AL. Winton made a report of his ex- aminations of twelve samples of milk taken in this city from peddlers. The samples showed from to 630 per cent. of fat, and pr. Winton said he consid- cred the milk peddled in this city of excellent quality and superior by far to that peddled in any other city in the state. Dr. w. O. Atwater was to have read a paper on the food value of milk but 1t was postponed as Dr. Att water, owing to a meeting of the board of control of the agricultural station, could not be present.
 E. D. Roberts, milk inspector of this city, read a paper on the retail sale of milk and explained his methods of de- tecting the dealers who adulterate milk. MT. Roberts said that there are TAO milk dealers who peddle milk in Hartford and that the milk sold here Is produced within ten miles of the city, Last year there were 19,000 quarts of milk sold in this city daily, for which the milkmen received $416 100 for the year.
 The board of directors of the asso- niatiOn met tO-daV and elected a Secre- tary of the association. There was a banquet tonight at the United States hotel.