The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-11
DR.. Shorey De.
scribes Methods
of Dealers.
HOW BREWERY
MASH IS USED
Customers Fail to Get the Best
Portion of Milk, Dairymen
Giving it to Calves.

Food Commissioner Shorey, in his
monthly report for June to the Board
of Health, has as much to say about
the bad milk, adulterated milk, and
milk not up to the standard as In pre-
vious reports. The starting up of the
Honolulu Brewery has had its effect on
his reports, inasmuch as the brewery
mash, or ''distillery waste" Is being
fed to dairy cows. AS long as the feed
ing of the brewery mash to cows rests
with men of intelligence, ne sees no
reason why the board should enforce
any regulations on the subject. His
report is as follows:
| submit herewith a report of the
work done in my department during
the month of June, 1901 The usual
number Of milk samples taken on the
street have been examined, and in ad-
d1tion, nearly all the diaries have been
visited at milking time and samples
taken which We're known TO be pure
milk. l have found that it is neces
sary to so visit the dairies so as to
have evidence as to the standard fer
pure milk here, there being no legal
standard. The milk samples taken on
the street which were found to be up
to or above what / have established
as the standard are given below, and
in connection Herewith are given the
analyses of samples taken at the dali
ries. Apart from adulteration with
water considerable variation between
samples taken from the wagons and
samples taken at the dairies may be
expected, for milk from the same cow
varies from day to day, and moreover
drivers are, often careless in deliver
ing milk from the top of a fresh can
without first shaking. The standard
which [ have fixed, viz, 11.5 total SOL
ids, and 2.5 butter fat, is necessarily
the minimum, or that of the poorest
COWS, so that it is possible for those
having good COWS to water down to the
standard of the poorest; this would be
the case however, if there We're a legal
standard, and about the only check on
this kind of thing is the fact that those
who add water at all are apt at times
to override it.
The following samples were found to
be below standard:
S. Nobriga, two samples; Tanaki, two
samples; A. Richard, two samples; Flu
jioka, one sample; Tavares, one sam
pie; kawamoto, one sample; Naka-
TAM, one sample; ]. Silva, two sam
pies; SouZa, three samples.
In the matter of analyses of samples
of pure milk the results obtained
during the month do not differ mater
tally from those obtained from pre-
vious samples, viz, an average of
about IL per cent total solids and :;
per cent butter fat, with a minimum
of lis solids and 2.5 fat. 1 think, how
ever, attention should be called to the
fact that while these samples were
pure in that nothing had been added
to them, they were really not samples
of normal milk, owing to the prevail
ing custom of feeding calves at the
diaries here. 1 presume it is generally
known that the last portion of milk
given by a COW is much richer in but
ter fat than the first portion, and as it
is the almost universal custom for
dairymen to allow the calves TO run
with the cows, and to reserve the last
portion of the milk for them, it is
easily seen that the calves are fed at
the expense of customers who buy and
pay for milk containing the normal
amount of fat
Waialae dairy is the only one where
the calves are not allowed with the
cows; and in one or two of the small
places the calves are allowed with the
cows only at the beginning of the milk
ing, thus giving milk containing more
than the normal amount of fat. The
following figures show to a certain eX-
tent the effect of this practice on the
quality of the milk; the cows in each
case being well fed and in good condi-
ton:
l. Calves allowed first portion Of
milk-Solids, 1872; butter fat, As
2. No calves allowed with cows-Sol-
ids, 1913: butter fat, 40
g. Few calves, take last portion OF
milk-Solids 1915 butter fat 81
A. Few calves, take last portion of
milk-Solids, 1875; butter fat, SO.
5. Large number of calves, take last
of milk-Solids, 11.6; butter fat, 80.
g. Large number of calves, take last
of milk-Solids, 115; butter fat, 2.6
So far as the milk consumer is con-
cerned it makes little difference wheth-
er the milkman removes u portion of
the cream before delivering the milk,
or reserves the last and richer portion
of the milk for his calves; the result
| is the same, poor milk. 1 do not know
whether the law covers the latter case,
but if not, and the larger diaries do
not make some change from this
| roundabout method of derrauding their
| customers 1 would recommend the
| publication of names and figures con-
| nected with such cases.
With regard to the feeding Of brew
ery grains" to dairy cattle I have to
report as follows: Speaking generally
! it has been found that cows when fed
only on brewery grains and similar
| foods, become diseased and give milk
which is injurious, especially to child
rem; and besides, such material is very
liable to ferment and produce insani-
| tary conditions. Such being the case,
regulations have been made in nearly
| ali large American cities where this
material is abundant, of forbidding the
! feeding of the same to dairy cows. For
| instance, section 16 Of the milk regu-
| lations of the city of New Orleans FOR
| 1900 reads as follows: mo cows shall
! be fed on distillery waste or any sub
stance in a state of fermentation or
putrefaction, swill or any unhealthy
food No dairyman shall buy for dairy
nurposes or bring into his dairy or
| farm. any wet, moist or damp brewery
mash. waste or grain. nor shall ne
have or maintain in his possession in
| or about the dairy or dairy farm any
-. ,.-o+ y,ooiSf or damn brewery