The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-27
AGRICULTURAL.
Will 1t Ever BET

VIII III ENcT Dct
One of the standing menaces to the
commercial dairy of this country is the
gross carelessness one sees in visiting
score of creameries and factories, in
the way of neglect, dirt, slops and fei-
menting pools of genuine nastiness
under and about the buildings; and, to
crown all, hog yards not ten rods die
tant polluting the air with their unend-
ing stencil. OF course there are agree
able exceptions to this; and here and
wax, and shining with the outlay of
brush aud soap, not TO mention barrels
of hot water. 1t has come to this in
some quarters, that the prOprietors OF
creameries seem to measure profits by
the amount they can scale down the
makers salaries and still further credit
success with all evasions of labor pos
sble, and this to the extent That the
visit of health officer should be in.
voked.
True, many buildings we're so built
that it is about impossible 10 do per-
feet work in cleanliness; but that ex-
cuses none from doing all in their
power to keep clean as possible, and
50 persist in it. 1t was only few
years ago that such thing as germ
If fantOru irnttIlaa hna rd
of, and it was supposed that such
things must be suffered, but now of
flavors, foaming cream, floating curds
and host of other things, which are
the foes of the best products, are
known to have their origin through
some ones neglect to observe Heavens
second law - cleanliness. Some one
has either let Dirt or filth of some sort
fall into the milk and dissolve and LEI
loose a swarm of germs, or fostering
pools of filth have sent their troopers
of destruction across the surface o.
milk and cream, and, finding lodgmen
there and congenial home, have work
ed loss untold upon the product made
and gained for the maker far from al
envable reputation.
Still, l believe that not all of th'
trouble is chargeable TO the patron, bu
generous proportion is the fault o.
the creamery man himself. The rot
ting floors, the slop and the gathering
of dirt and refuse in corners, half
cleaned milk, buttermilk and whey upor
the floors, and the overhead ceiling
festooned with webs and mould, are the
spore gathering and distributing points
of the creamery. Many concern
would be benefited and the consumers
better protected from disease if The
creamery could be injected with tuber
culn to see if reaction would set in
than in submitting the dairy herds to it
1t is unpleasant to say such things, Blu
they are seen and known of all men
and the remedy lies only in publ,
opinion that will demand reform ant
see that it is maintained. The East i,
no more chargeable with Neglect in thi
matter than the West. A creamer,
will be tolerated because of its genera
patronage that would, if of less publi
concern, be warned by the health Off
Ger. 1t is not necessary that th
creamery be allowed to become re
proach to the industry. Build it so a
to be come-at-able, aud turn a no
water hose upon the building inside
and out if need be, and then, with long
distance sewers and disposition t,
keep the outside of the platter clean
as well as the inside, the creamery ma,
be an exhibition of that cleanliness
which is reported TO be next to godli
ness, certainly credit to its promoters
and its custodians.-J G., in New Yorl
Tribune.