The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22

up the standard of the low and vice
versa, and if there is too high a cream
point it is lowered to the standard, which
is purposely made a somewhat low
average.
II is then put in cans and delivered
to the distributors. who, if avaricious
ana unprincipaled, may add chalk or
even substances that it would not be
nice to mention. and at least twelve
hours after milking time the consumer
receives the much-desired fluid
sometimes mes he gets great deal for his
money. Tubercle is not the only thing
70 be reared in milk Other diseases
may possibly be carried and given BY
milk. Milk has a strong affinity for dis
agreeable and noxious things and odors
Disease germs may be absorbed in milk
III transit ana thus convey those to hui
man beings.
Again, milk may be primarily innocu-
Gus, but be contaminated by the cans.
cases OF typhoid fever have been traced
20 cans that had been washed in water
from we'll that contained typhoid germs
anG other diseases may doubtless he
conveyed in similar way, while CON
tagious and infectious disease germs NAV
| be unwittingly added to milk by en-
plcyeS who handle it.
These are facts proven beyond dispute.
and it is the constant endeavor of san
| itarians to formulate and enforce nv
gienic conditions which counteract sIIcb
possibilities
AS for the COW herself, I would NOT
select her as a type or as the Incarnation
| of beauty, but she is surely a useful am
| inal When 1 see a cow / ALWAYS think
| OF the farmer who sent five gallon key
! to town for >molasses. The grocer
lachaI ged him for ten gallons and as he
| paid the bill, the farmer remarked: IT
don't care so much for the overcharge. bur
what worries me is the strain on the
kes never see a COW but that |
thlnk OF an animated barrel with the
| hoops burst off, from too great internal
| IT..
calm way in which the COW coughs up
| her eud and slowly Eliminates, as if She
mad all the time there was, and an hour
! OF TWO to spare, exasperates me-
But We can't get along without ec1s.
Herses may sometime disappear as the
horseless age is perfected, but cows will
always be with us. Horses may become
| as scarce as buffaloeS, and be seen only
| In Wild West shows or dime museums
! as relics of a noble but then nearly ex-
| t1nct race, while cows will continue ia
| be better bred and better cared for as
the ideal dairy farm materializes.
| Taken as an all-round benefit COW,
| takes the lead. We all know about the
milk. Down South she sometimes drag
the ploW and hauls the meager crop to
market for the cracker and the daugn-
| ter, sitting astride the COW, with a
| sunnybag for saddle, goes to the
| postotf1ce or the railroad station for the
news and the latest gossip.
| When the cows usefulness is over, as
a milk-making machine, she still furtber
contributes to our food supply, while her
| horns, hoofs and skin serve other usefu1
ends. Even her blood goes to fertilize the
SON. and her hair helps to plaster oul
! houses. Reasoning therefore on the prin-
| ciple that handsome is that handsome
does the COW is the belle of animal
society.
City cows are a delusion and a snare
| They remind one Of the solitary COW that
| used to travel on the Transatlantic steam.
! ers. People paid the steward a high
price to get the milk from the COW, and
judging from the quantity sold, she must
have given down at least twenty-five gal
| Ions day.
The city COW is sedentary, as compared
with her country cousins. Her quarters
! and exercise are limited, and she cannot