The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-28
THE PURE MILK SUPPLY.
SPREAD or THE custom or COZ
ERNKENTAL INSPECTION or COWS.

| Elm HfsN y NHfI ttVN VT 'VVos
a Fixed standard for Milk to 30 Estnb-
lishcd In Great lI~ritnin-1iule Enforced
In Denmark. the Grcnt Dairy Coun-
try-Thc Nniue of Such Inspection.
The city Of 81. Pau. now requires the.oficisl
INSPECTION Of all COWS from which the milk
supply for that town is taken. This ordl-
nance Is a step In advance of the hyGienlc reg
ulatlons usually enforced and II Is worthy "
emulation. The importance to the public
health OF a full supply Of pure milk M nm ar
ticle of food was never 90 great as to-day.
when its value ns an economical item of diet
IL better understood than II was even n few
years ago. Increased attention Is being given
TO this suhject in various countries.
Great Britain. for instance. Is about to es-
tahllsh n nxci milk standard. which vendors
m ist fully hold to under penaltios. Poor or
adulterated milk docs not contain the propor-
ton Of futs and non-fatty solids that give high
value to good milk as food. In tho study OF
milk as n food product at the Maine state Col
lege III 1895. fresh milk having n fat content
Of 80 per cent. was used. and Sir !. Blyth.
srcaking the other day Oh the bill now before
Parliament. said the measure as passed would
doubtless require that marketable milk con-
tain<ht least 10 per cent. OF non. fatty solids
and > - per cent. Of fats.
one OF the best results Of the scientific reGu-
lation of the milk supply is that II impresses
upon the dairy farmer the necessity Of con-
drrtiug his business upon hygicnic principles.
In Denmark. where dairyinG is the greatest
industry. the legislation on this subject has
convinced tho farmer that he can profit only
by the hygicnic feeding and care OF cows and
also that II Is In his interest to select a strain
OF COWS that will produces milk That will not
fall below the standard Government reGr,-
lation. therefore. has had nm important effect
both a. To the fee ling and breeding CT c~nttle.
and the result has been n higher quality and
n larger quantity Of milk per COW.
In 1897 Denmark exported butter to Great
Britain alone to the value OF F23.7 lO.S15. and
her dairy products 30 to many Parts of the
world. The sanitary control Of Danish cattle
has Teen n lnrGe factor IN giving .he country
its utc-emin"ncc in The r%airying business, and
nenmark's example. The law requires that
cattle he examined one" Il month bv Il veteri-
tions, require the destruction, o. milk from dis.
eased ailinglS. Even the fodder must lie up-
der iHjnrious TO iniants' milk nav ~ he .o used
where milk is sold for the consumption of in
iants; The only milk 4ceented for use IN
y really SUPERIOR and healthy stock Of cattle.
The cows may be fed OILY on grass and clover
straw oats, barley. wheaton bran and q small
10, branch Of agriculture in recent years has
had larger development than dairy farming,
and no branch has better repaid educational
efforts in the direction Of scientific methods.
Butter AMI cheese factories and the inechani-
cal method OF separating the cream have revo-
the large concerns Tor the manufacture of milk
mark and elsewhere also have reiled tho
farmer to look more carefully after the quality,
Of his milk. for this question does not escape
attention at the crpnlnerieS,
Canada, comes near employing Kindergarten
methods in her new regions where the Mo-
ltanr fur ma - 10 mat Int ~ ~ N q tn Nrl.lt tna - IA
Through the, Department Of Agriculture and
Dairying he learns the system OF cattle farm
ernment takes entire charge Of his rreameries
nrst;class ~articie Of buttcr and choose and to
| Quoting expenses. being distributed among
the farmers in proaortion to the quantity OF
s]renmeries in the Northwest Territories have
been started in .thie way, the n%epartment OF
soon as the farmers are able efficiently to di.
rect the business themselves. There ia no
doubt that the, fostering care and encourage
have contribmted much to rs ren nrkable de.
YHs ri}nIm IN ,s The s4 s9H ssd Of bn lite 70 e 9, Grsas
fays; 's srow ss" aSon !a'$!; ,% w. IS IN G" i've ye sns"'e'
ing dairy nursuits nrun honest and scientific
methods. The consumption Of milk will be far
ddn TS9tSn a amHn hn ar i Il 'GI nTH u MH%n mHlv'r rcani REQ
The results OF dietary studies have repeatedly
shoTn that the nutrieHts in milk are eIqal in
s@miHs fSor"', renieraiiv .Enown "'' ss%sientiio
boons upou- the dairy farmer and the milk
consumer. 1t j. not very many years since
the invention Of II rallu methCd OF scnarating,
cream from milk gave u great Impetus 70 but
ter making, ana there Is now every prObahtl-
viii soon im uerIerttnJ Of "r res KIN The Il fresh
ness Of milk for weeks without. deterioration
or change of flavor and at small cost.