Arizona republican., 1900-11-08
CHEMICAL PKLSEEVATIVTS
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 Bulletin No. 21. Tim sly Hints for Farmers, recently issu= d by the a%ii- cultural experiment station, is on the subject of chemical preservatives in milk and is printed below:
 Lat in the month of Seytamb r. while the weather was yet warm. ,ae creamery patron vas heard to say to anC.her, Whats that thing fur?" in- dlcating by melton of his hand milk cooler standing near Upon being tall that it was milk cooler. and ,hat b. n morning and evening milk was cooled by its US very day before sending .o the factory, the f~s. speaker replt-F: Whats the use Of all that trouble? Get little preserV&!iGg; that will k D your milk all right and isn't half so much work, and in his reply he o:. pressed. l am sorry to say. the sen - ments Cs many creamery patrons
 The use of preservatives in mill. Is the lazy mans substitute for clsdpI- ness. The fact that it is deemed nec5s- essary to add something to the milk D keep it sweet until it reaches the f4.- tory is evidence of unc.ean or care $ handling, while the fact that presary- a;.ivas are added is evidence Of criminal
  using them.
 Tt is Ir-sible 10 maka Go9d butter or cAees- only when ;le sJu.rg of the cream or milk is under the control Cf the manufaSl Urer. If, th n. milk cones to the factory 50 adulterIted by the use of chemicals that it wiN not sour. it is Impossible to mak, sod oJscor og cheese from it. In butter making large lossls of fat have been traced to this cause, and We have known the eutirl make of a cheese factory for several days to be an absolute lass bselvse a stngle p&.roa Us | pTJseryaline n his milk.
 But more imp5r;au, than n se finarciIl '-z--s is t1e fact tha. the use of the pres arvatives renders taa milk unwhoiesome and q le-a rious to health. The liquid prese-Vltivls most cJmm7u- ly used depend for their preserving Tower CFon the preserc= Of f5ruic e. Gchyde Of which they are in rars com posed. C. ncern,ng this disinfectant A. :. Mitchell, chemist for the Wisconsin uairy and Ford commission, maGa Ie following s.at=ment in Hoards Dairy man in 1898: During the last year al new and most powerful Ci=infz-.aat has ben fcisted rp3n the market a5 being harmless and With the advar-lca c.2.med that It could not be q tected by chemical r.-IGs. This substance is f5rmic S.5ehyGe. a substance in 9 neral use as a d.E.nfe-tant and for p~asars-- ing and hardening dead ned t.ssu.s Doctors have been obliged to abluCnn its us7 as an antiseptic. in a very di- lute form, for preserving car washes and similar solutions. as tontinued con- tact in GilI1f g birI i t1 causes the skin tJ die and peel off"
 The fact that solution is strong enough to kill bacteria in ahe milk should b- sufficient to deter any intel- ! lSent man with a conscience from aI- ding it to that wh.ch he sells for hu- man food. Because some If the ussrs of this article have used PreservaH1a or Freazene in their milk during the pas, summer, without, to their kn1w'- edge. having Ill q, OF injured t1a health Of any of the creamery's custo- mers, is no argument for the n.inu- ance of it's use. l. should not be necus- sary ty prove thlt the substance will cause direct injury in the doses in W2t,h milk is used in order tD es;ab- I.s1 the fact that 1t is harmful. Many Gases cf sickness and death have been t;S-- t1 the pres a.- of chemicals and preservatives in milk and the citizens of Tucson are at present Investigating caszs in which deI,h is supposed to have result q from this cause.
 The laws of tw5Ety-six of our stat $ make this adulteIa,iou of milk crime | punishable by fine or imprisonment. | Unfortunately our territory has no law providing for the punishment cf this l crime. AM cre51.ry m a should, then, 1 be I law unto tt mseIvas, and. stand | ing gethar unrejenuugly refuse any milk suspected of having been trelt.I l with chemical -rvativ-s OF any other form of adulj-rdtiou.
 The use of chemical prrservltiv.s is l the unscrupulous TIu's suhstl.ut- lur care anl cleanliness, for by Trlrr handling, milk may be r. pt sweet uu- til deliv, red to the factory, even in an Arizona climate. A former Timely Hint dwslt somewhat upon the necess.- ty of cleanliness in handling milk and