The Globe-republican., 1901-05-09
Dairy Notes

boards and the commissions for the
protection of the people against i'm
pure foods. Even if the head OF the
commission must be a politician the
experts that make up the working force
should not be removed because they
happen to belong to the party IN pow
er. By adopting a non-partisan course
only can good work be obtained In
our great state universities, such as
the University of illinois, craftsmanship
has long since been abolished. It was
found that constant overturnings OF
the staff of any university meant non
progress in the work of the institu-
ton. Our dairy and food commissions
should be on as firm basis. The
men that persist in Introducing parti-
san politics into such places are lab
oring against the public good
An English scientist that has had
much to do with the tubercu1in test
says: Our opinion is that if the ami
NAL has reacted, then it is decidedly
tuberculosis. At Hamra, where there
were abundant opportunities to make
experiments with animals which re-
acted and We're in consequence sold to
the butcher in every case up to the
been able to detect the presence of
tuberculosis. ometimes, it is true, con-
siderable trouble was taken before the
tubercular deposits could be discovered.
This was the case with two calves, in
which we were only able to detect
tubercu1OuS swelling the size Of pea
in a gland above the bowels, this after
hours of search. That such insignif-
cant traces of the presence OF tubercu-
losis may escape even vigilant atten-
ton is not surprising, and this is just
that reason why in some cases the dis
ease is not detected
The Specia1 brands on creamery hIIf-
ter are discouraged by some large deal
ers in butter. They say that the
brands are quite generally objected to
by the commission men for business
reasons. If a commission man has
one of his butter producers creamery
that makes a specially fine grade of
butter he desires to keep him and will
do all he can to prevent other commits
sion men from finding out the address
of the said creamery or learning the
kind of butter made by it. Then, too,
if the brand stays on the butter pack
age the retailer that buys the butter
from the commission man will find out
who is making good butter and thence
forth try to buy his butter direct. The
commission man therefore protects
himself by scraping off the brand be-
fore the package goes out of his
house. 1t looks if the special brand
could be used successfully only when
the creamery sells direct to some re
taller.
One branch of the New York su-
preme court has declared unconstitu-
tiona1 the provision of the New York
law that prohibits the sale of milk
preservatives. The agricultural depart
ment of that state recently brought to
trial case in which a man was prose-
cuted for selling chemicals to be p, t
into milk for its preservation. The
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law unconstitutional and the case was
appealed to the higher court, which sus-
tanned the lower court on the ground
that the law did not specify that the
prohibition was against personalities
injurious to health. The decisions
show the great difficulty of getting
laws that can be enforced. If the
health provision is inserted then the
courts cannot be convinced that any
thing is harmful except some active
poison that kills at once. A drug that
is slow death to the consumers will
find defenders among the men that
make money out of its sale, and they
can always find so-ca1led experts to
go into court and swear to its health
fulness. The only remedy is the right
direction of public sentiment
must know a good deal about the eff
feet on the animal system of the ration
he feeds. A one-sided ration is sure to
work injury to the animal at some time
of its career. Unbalanced rations are
frequently the cause of dyspepsia in
animals as well as man. An opinion
seems to prevail that an animal has a
stomach and digestive system SO much
superior to that of man that any kind
of food can be consumed without bad
effects. All Investigations show that
this is not the case. A well-ba1anced
raUon is doubtless the most hea1thful
ration. The rationS are Over-ba1anced
according to the kind of food that is
most abundant in each neighborho od-
In the corn-belt the feeding of corn to
cows becomes often almost a vice, with
the result that the dairy qualities in
the cows eliminated by the
strengthening of the beef producing
powers. In sections of the country
where timothy is extensively grown
the animals are fed on this SO ex-
c1usive1y that indi gestion often results.
In regions where clover is the cheapest
food the amount fed is so large as