Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-07-11

n RI ed Jc
that within fvo vears 6rtv enido,nics ~
typhoid fever have been traced ia a con-
"a r1ination milk supn,v
while the ideal milk SUNNY doos not hv
any means include sterilization or mas
tet,rization he thinks that their n,otb dds
could not at presen, he wholly disnrnsnd
with"
DANGER FROM OTHER ANIMALS.
GROUND every dairy IS multitude OF
dHhgerS' unfortunately, WhlCh are not al
ways aplreo'a'ed or aNold"d ana hence cut
inmate IN u'saH'ei'
nere are many otEi ANIMALS apout me
uaily otNli'S lilc COW Wnlch menace u"
uaH Pr""uoI pI'ou as - ilouSIN a. a dlS-
CISCO co" horScIl' hcfs"S, A"gS cats. rats
iiice anu lows uhuount'dlE are often INC
uI'rIt mans oi lhlectihE mix ana "t
passing ooh'ae1"n along 10 the human
| az d'S l''l ana pun Hrouhd many idl-
RE an gay ana IL Is "a very common thinG
- Nm'cNE oIi od' iaPP'hE warm MIX
| These animals are known to succumb to
with human diphtheria. and it Is also
known that they die from many tuhercu-
/ lcus forms of disease. So it is not unrcA-
scnable to ascribe contag ion to these ami
mails when they are allowed the freedom of
the dairy.
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night and very often depend upon the car
casses of dead animals for their livluz
, Cows, horses and pigs often die Of s"pNr
ana conta Cious diseases; the carcasseS are
hauled into the woods and fields, d way
from the house and there left expose as
meat for farmers dogs These dogs ONE
back and lap the milk from the pail ID k
tho empty vessels which are never perfc /
" cleaned and can there be doubt that the
milk is thus infected Who're this danger
exists in a dairy it is practically unNmit-
/ ed.
Rats and mice infect the ordinary dnirr
: they get into the milk and tbs milk Yes
eels These animals also have their dis
cases and therefore the element Of daugor
of diseases Nom these pests must be &c
kncwledged. could go on enumerdtiug
similar conditions until the close Of This
fcccting. but there are OTHER evils and dan
gers that we encounter besides bad milk
that require some consideration, ana IN
closing will briefly alude to one O..
these, l. e the slaurhter-house.
DANGER OF SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
III many cases these houses are located
on the banks Of rivers or creeks, mt
"hlch they drain. FREQUENTLY the ohal Il
thrown down an emoanKmeht ana let
there 10 ps eaten ny hoss' oogs ana rats
or 10 decay ana urain INTO the streams
CI'e oittH tHe s!auSH'ei-' mouse Is local
Ell on FARMS, the nu,cher GIVING inc oll
To me FARMER as feed Tor MS hoes' II het
. of paying rent. In case Town is proVidec
, win more thaI one SIaushtr-no'iHe, tl'S'
, houses are Genfra!y scattered Norm
entity trying to locate his house so a. &c
the part Of his competitors regarding tn,
character of his stock Every slaughtor
, house is, from the very nature Of thIng s.
a center of disease. and naturally In,
\ poorer the conditions of the premises tn,
more dangerous they are. If only few
animals are here killed. come are sure L
i be disea sed At least one of the hogs ha.
. trichinasis and when the offal Of this no!
is fed to other hogs which are raised ol
the grounds these hogs cannot cscapt in
fectioD with tricl inse
slouehtar-touses are generally ovor-r1I.
e with rats they cat the orfal. become IN
1 fected and transport the disease over a,
r unlimited area
! OF the cattle killed during the wear som
l NJ ,bcrn surely hs>.e tubarculosie an,
e h,rn let me- say that during the past oign
g teen months have ordered burned -
! turied eighteen heeves KILLED bv our lor7
butchers. that were SO manifestlv tuhcr
@ culous tbot they ala NOT dare to Nh
I tber, upon the ,n,rl,s, without consultin
| ,tn hea,th oescar prohablv moro the
Il rigbtaen rore vert through unohserva
y frr when II is a matter of So or 81 a