The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-10
AIMS TO SECURE PURE MILK
WORK OF THE HARTFORD COUNTI
 MEDICAL SOCIETY.

The Commission Appointed by It Ap-
 proves Form of Contract t. be Sub-
 mitted to Dairymen-Its Specifications
 Are Far Reaching and Under It Pure
 Milk Seems Assured.
 The milk commission appointed by the Hartford County Medical society held meeting January 6 and approved form of contract to be submitted to dairymen.
 The contract provides that "the dali rymen signing the contract agree to pay for examination of the milk by chemist and bacteriologist as we'll as for inspection of the certified milk dali ry stock by competent veterinarian, whenever such examinations or inspec- tions shall be deemed desirable or ne- cessary by the commission, the chemist, the bacteriologist and the veterinarian to be selected by the commission, to whom written reports of the results of the examinations shall first be made.
 "The lands used by the owners of the dairy and employed for pasturage shall be subject to the approval of the com mission"
 The buildings used by the dairymen shall be constructed after the most ap- proved style of architecture, and accord ing to the laws of sanitation. The dali ry shall be supplied with an abundance of pure water which shall be isolated from all sources of contamination.
 It Is understood and agreed that the following unhealthful conditions shall be sufficient reason to exclude an ami maj from the herd used for any pur- pose, in the aforesaid dairy; any animal that is judged by a competent observer | to suffer from tuberculosis, even | though the disease be localized in part | distant from the vital organs; any ami mai with fever; any animal suffering | from septic absorption or other disease | following, or associated with parturi- l tion; any animal suffering either from mammitis, or mammary abscess; any animal with persistent diarrhoea, or any other abnormal physical condition, which could in any way be detrimental to the character of the milk. It is fur thermore agreed, that when an animal shall be found by a competent observer 1 to be in state of ill health, prejudicial either to the other animals in the herd, or to human health, the same shall be i removed immediately; and if, in the judgment of the parties of the first part, it is necessary, shall be killed or quar- antined within twelve hours thereafter.
 It is also understood and agreed that | the party of the second part shall eX- t4c1ude from the herd used for producing certified milk immediately after dscov- 1 cry, any animal subject to the following I conditions: Any animal that was bred through close consanguinity: any ani- maj that was mot, as heifer, kept ster- 1 ile during its first twenty-seven months; any phenomenal milker, except i that glandular disease or tubercle has first been excluded by 8 competent ob- server.
 l The feed and fodder shall consist only of nutritious, and wholesome materials Absolute cleanliness of vessel into which an animal is to be millled, and absolute cleanliness of the milker and the sur roundings are insisted upon.
 That mo milk shall be represented as certified milk that is not received from the udder into vessels, and from them into cooling cans, both of which are per fectly clean and dry, having been secured and scalded at temperature adequate to effect complete sterilization since the last milking, and kept invert- ed in clean, dry and odorless atmos- phere.
 The other conditions under which milk shall be represented as certified milk are that the milk either while making or immediately thereafter, shall pass through sieve of wire cloth hay ing not less than one hundred meshes to the linear inch; the milk shall not be drawn from the animal at abnormal hours, or from any animal for period of eight weeks before calving; or that has been taken during the first nine days after parturition; the milk must contain the entire contents of the udder at milking: the milk must not be ex- posed to the emanation or infection o1 any form of communicable disease, eith. CT in the person or persons handling the milk, or by accidental contamination ir cleansing milk containers, or by the as sociation of any person or persons sick of contagious disease; the milk on being drawn from the COW shall be treated cooled and aerated, to reduce it's tenn perature to point not above fifty de. grees, nor below forty degrees Fahren. heit; said temperature to be acquired within forty-five minutes after tht milking, and maintained within the above limits while held for shipment during it's transportation, and until i is delivered to the purchaser; the milk must not be reduced in any way by the addition of water; the milk must be weighed and record kept of it; tho milk must be put in flint glass quar- jars immediately after it is cooled; the milk when sold must not be more thar three hours old after being bottled Provision is also made for the proper transportation of the milk.
 This contract is not for dairyme1 generally, but for those who furnish special milk to invalids and children. |