The evening times., 1900-09-24
USE OF MILK IN GERMANY.
Rules and Regulations Governing
the Traffic.

Rules and Regulations Governing
the Traffic.
B H Warner jr., United States Consul
at Leipzig. Germany, under date of July
- 1900. transmits 10 the State Depart
ment a translation of the new rules and
regulations governing the inspection and
trade il milk as adopted by the city council
IL Leipzig He reports that the old regu
lations were abolished at the instance Of
the advisory board Of the Saxon agricul
tural department for the reason, chiefly,
that their requirement OF s per cent Of fat
in the milk could not always. even with
the best Intentions On the part of the far
mers, be complied with The present reg
ulations reduce the fat requirement in the
mix from per cent to 81 per cent.
The amount Of fat in milk can be in
creased by artificial fodder, such as cotton
seed oil meal. cocoa meal, and other foods
containing high percentages of oil but the
milk thus produced could not be used in a
raw state. Such milk would be very IN
healthy for children. and could only be
used for butter-making. and every mother
would be obliged to return TO milk con-
tanning less fat but which would be per-
fectly healthy.
The new standard of % per cent of fat
in milk IS the prevailing one throughout
Saxony- Of ninety-fye cities and towns,
only ffty-nine contain any articles in
! their regulations concerning the lowest al
lowable percentage Of fat The following
gives the percentages of fat required by
these fffty-nine cities: Forty-five, % per
, cent; four, 2.6 per cent; three, 2.5 per cent;
three. "a per cent; two, 2.S per cent. and
two, per cent.
The rules and regulations governing the
ion in, LII, r,.y:rr H.
pointmen& of officials. the places of milk
inspection, testing the amount of far in
the milk. its specific weight the milk
books of the officials, guarding against ir-
regularities. analyses in chemical laboTa-
tory, guarding the public against the sale
I OF unhealthy or adulterated milk. etc. and
are too extended and too technical for pub
lication in detail The part relating TO
milk for children is. however, given as
likely 10 be of special interest to the off,
Gals and philanthropists having the same
interest in charge in our towns and cities:
Milk for the use of children, infants,
invalIds, etc, must be full milf one qualf-
ty, and can only be sold by those dealers
who have received special perm ssion from
the city council. A person who wishes to
Keep cows for the purpose of producing
milk for children, etc, has to report mis-
intention to the city council and request
permission TO do so.
me requirements 1of sucn PERMISSION
are IS follows:
'j. The applicant must be a reliable per.
son who has had experience in the milk
trade or who has some experienced persons
in his employ.
"2 The stables III which cows are to be
kept must not only be large enough, hut
must fulfill the hygienic conditions well.
Is. Only such cows are allowed to be
kept in these stables as give milk for
each cow yr1uSf he so nr
| branded that it will be impossible 20 mis-
take. The council is to be Immediately
notified whenever any new COW is added
to the stable.
Il. All cows must be healthy, and show
no reaction after the customary injection
of tuberculosis lymph Each COW must re-
eeiye the lymph injection before being
placed in the stable; and at any time
thereafter such injection can be repeated,
at the discretion of the council.
IS. The sickness of any COW must be
Immediately reported (by the veterinary