Cañon City record., 1900-07-12
dairy Notea.

Dairy Notes.
The feeding Of whole corn to calves
II recommended by good many dairy
men that have tried It. When skim
milk IL fed something will be useful
to balance 1t up and increase the ele-
mssts Of energy and heat CAlves ptil-
iss whole corn more fully than do
cows. Before they are year old their
digestive habits are such that none of
the corn il passed whole. But while
this L. true. II u not advisable to feed
corn without limit In fact too large
quantities Of corn might destroy the
possibilities Of the future COW. By
CREATING tendency to lay on fat
Some sre now suggesting that the
best way to control the sale OF oleo-
margarine Is to compel the manufact-
urers and retailers Of 1t to put II up In
one and two-pound packages. This 10
in line with the suggestion that Mr.
J. II. Monrad has often made that oleo-
margarine be sold in packages of GER
tain shape, As oval. as IL done now n
some foreign countries Either Of
these methods might prove effective.
but II Is barely possible that the courts
would declare them unconstitutional
II must be remembered that the for
eiSn countries that have such laws
are not governed by constitutions like
the ones under which we live, and be-
cause a law is constitutional In Eu-
rope is no sign that It would be equally
SO here
The more preservatiyes are fnvesti-
gated the more Objectionable they are
found In England. a. well as in
America. they are being looked after.
From things that have come TO light.
II cannot be doubted that during the
last few years especially the use Of
preservatives In milk. cream and other
food products has caused q very large
amount Of sickness and many deaths.
especially among invalids and chill
dren- Last year the British parlia-
ment appointed a committee to in
vestigate the use Of preservatives in
food. Its Investigations have brought
to light q good many things Of inter
est One distinguished physician said
that he had been experimenting with
boric acid on himself and friends. In
small quantities the kidneys could dis
pose Of II. but II had a tendency to ac
cumulate- He used II In larger guam
titles on himself ard q had the effect
OF causing loss Of appetite and lassi.
tude. II should never be used in milk.
~ II especially affects the digestive
powers OF weak children and babies.
DR.. voeicker. consulting chemist to the
Royal Agricultural Society OF Eng
land said that bortc acid should mot
b used In milk and cream DR.. Wal
ford. health ofacer Of Cardiff. said that
boric acid u Injurious in the quantities
I'm which Il u used In milk. Dr. Hill,
health o@cer OF Birmingham. sAid
that the people that put boric acid in
milk know nothing OF its medicinal
properties. II IL . drug and requires
regulation. The use OF boric acid IL
being discarded and . more dangerous
chemical PCT In It's place-formalde-
hyde. This latter hardens the album
inous matter in the food. Dr. Gamer
on. sealth oficer OF Leeds. said that
for some years diarrhoes among chill
drcn hAd peen on tne Increase IN
Leeds. and this was probably due to
the use Of chemicals In milk. ~ some
Of these preservatives have the prop
erty Of inducing such . condition. Dr..
Mann, health onlcer for Manchester,
sAid that NO preservativea Of any kind
should be permitted In milk. Readers
Of the Farmer Review will remember
that boric acid Is one Of the least OBJ
5ectionabie prcservatives. In England
Il has been found that several more in
furious drugs are being employed In
vestigations further showed that NO
matter how harmful the preservative
might be. prosecutions are practically
impossible under any law that pro-
hibited injurious drugs. as the manu-
facturers could always ind some ply
sician that would go into court and
say that such drugs are harmless