The Princeton union., 1896-12-03
MILK AND MEAT.


Co,nservtive View OF the Dangers
From TubercuIOsis
DE-. ID E. Salmon, chief Of the bureau
! OF animal industries, in his paper upon
4 tuberculosis, lead before Gov. Hast
lngs and the members Of the state
board Of agriculture of Pennsylvania.
said OF the dangers from milk ana
meat:
In attempting to eradicate t,rbercu-
D 5los1s from cattle, it is the duty Of those
engaged III this work to avoid useless
expenditures wherever possible, and
B o1 OF every good citizen to sustain them
IN IN carrying out such a policy. This
considerable leads me to make a rec
ommendation, which win be unpopu-
Lar with some, but which is. neverthe-
/ less, just, scientific and safe, as well
as econo1nical: ~ f55ss
The cattle which, while reactinc on
the tuberculin test, are in good condi-
tion and believed to be in the incipient
stage of the disease, should not be
slaughtered in the fields and their car
casses buried, but they should be killed
in slaughter house under veterinary
inspection. If, as is frequently the
case, there is only small tubercle in
glands Of the body, the carcass is per-
fectly wholesome and should be sold
Tor beef. The money obtained in this
way would, in this great state, amount
to a large sum, and would go far to-
ward paying the expenses of it's inspec-
ton
know that in making this recon-
mendatlon. am opposing the senti-
ments and prejudices of the American
people. who only need be Informed that
an animal is diseased, no matter how
slight in extent, to reject utterly and
completely every part and particle Of
the carcass as unfit for human food
But, while they are so very particular
when officially informed of the exist
ence Of disease, they allow the opera
tion of slaughter houses in all parts Of
the country without any inspection
whatever, where animals can be taken
and are taken every day, and slauch-
tered for human food, without the
least restriction, although they may be
in the last stages Of disease. The rule
appears to be Ignorance is Bliss in
the presence Of danger disgust and
sentimental opposition when assured
of safety. A small tubercle in one Of
the Emphatic glands may affect the
carcass Of an animal no more than a
Wart upon the skin or a broken tooth.
Why destroy the carcass in one case
and not in the other? AS intelligent
citizens, we should insist that the
state should not set the example of de-
stroying the wholesome, nutritious and
perfectly good food, at time when
thousands of our people ere suffering
because they are unable to obtain
enough to satisfy their hunger
Care Of Milk. S
Mr.. 81. B. Gurler, the well-known
dairyman Of Illinois, and dairy school
instructor, contributes the following
to the Breeders Gazette
The hrst operation after the milk is
drawn from the COW is to strain it.
For this use q flannel strainer if the
best work is desired. selecting such
goods as will not fill or thicken so that
the milk will not run through it. Cot
ton strainers will do good work by
using several thicknesses., A wire
strainer is good but not the best. AT
ter the milk is strained, if to be used
for butter-making on the farm, it
should be put in the process of separa-
ton Immediately If the separator is
used the most efficient work can be
secured by putting the milk through
it as fast as it is received from the
cows. If the gravity system Of cream
raising is used, have the milk set as
soon as possible, as the best results
are secured in this way. Especially
is this the fact with the deep, cold sys-
tenn of cream-raising. 81 If the milk is to
go off the farm for shipment to the
city, to the creamery or cheese factory,
or in fact for any other purpose now
think of, it should be rapidly cooled
as fast as draw from the COWS. For
this purpose I know Of nothing better
than the cooler, which will cool the
milk to within a few degrees. Of the
temperature of the water used in cool
ing, and will do it rapidly or quickly.
More dairymen stumble over the work
of cooling their milk quickly and thor
oughly than any other point. Cleanly
milking and and quick and thorough
cooling make a dairyman an enviable
reputation with all parties who handle
his milk.
Milk can be cooled in short time by
setting the cans in a vat of water at
a low temperature and agitating it
|A4u1tC 4lIcquCAtAy WILL d LII uloC sIDOuG
four inches in diameter, attached to a
wire handle so it can be used like a
churn dash to agitate the milk in the
cans. By close attention and plenty
of fresh pumped or ice water milk can
be cooled in short time after the
milking is done.
There is nothing produced on our
farms which calls for such high grade
of work as respects cleanliness us is
required in the care of milk. The con-
sumers of milk and the products made
from it are beginning to realize this
fact, and will in the future demand
and compel the dairymen to do better
work.
"a A Ration for Milk Cows.
lA Massachusetts experiment. station
bulletin on the economic feeding Of
milk cows says that German expert
ments have proved that to secure the
best results milk COW needs for each
ten pounds she weights two and one
half pounds digestible protein, one-half
pound digestible fat, and thirteen
pounds digestible carbohy ydrates each
day, making total of sixteen pounds