The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-10
MILK AT ST.
ELIZABETH'S.
Dr.. EmmOnS ReaSSGrtS That
It Is Impure.
ALLEGED UNSANITARY CONDITIONS
Charges That the Dairy Farm Il
Maintained in Defiance of Law.
Declares That DIR. Richardson Did
Not Deny the Points of His For
mer Criticism.

DR.. c. NJ. Emmons professor at the
/ United States Veterinary College. again
| reiterates his charges against the dairy
I farm maintained at st. Elizabeths, and
/ declares that the defence made by Dr. A
1 B. Richardson. appearing in yesterday
mornings Times. did not reply to his
| specifications. DR.. Emmons says:
No Denial of Statement.
Upon the occasion of the lecture TO
which Dr. Richardson refers. 1 endeav-
ored TO state what appeared to me GER
tain points Of criticism under separate.
distinct. and easily verihabIe heads. Il
! viii be observed that none OF these CHS
/ tinct points Of criticism are directly de-
MED For example. / stated that the herd
suffers from Inflammation Of the stomach.
resulting from bad feed Nowhere does
Dr. Richardson deny the fact that the
herd is suffering from Inflammation OF the
stomach, nor does he anywhere deny that
the Inflammation is du. D bad feeding.
Instead OF meeting -r. issue souareIv
he launches into a dissertation as TO the
nature Of the foodstuf employed. In this
way he avoids the very simple objection
that, however good the original feed may
have been. the unsanitary management of
the trough, allowing concretions Of ma
terial TO accumulate, has been a source Of
the disease mentioned What is wanted
in case OF this kind Is a plain admis-
sion or contradiction Of the facts
MIX Kept in the stable.
Another Of my definite points Of criti-
cism was that the milk is kept in the
same building in which the cattle are
herded- Dr. Richardson seeks to explain
this away by telling how the milk is cart
ed to the cold storage room a mile away.
assuming that the reader viii be unmind-
full Of the fact admitted in another part
Of the interview, that before IL is taken
70 the cold storage it Is taken directly
from the COW 10 the dairy room. where fl
is put through an apparatus to take away
the animal heat
Now, this dairy room is in the same
building, that is, the stable where the
cows are heTded. and that is the point OF
my criticism. II may be remarked further
that the half hour during which the milk
remains IN the dairy room before tho
animal heat has been removed is the
time when milk Is most liable to con
taminatiOn.
Double Floor No Protection.
'In reply 70 my objection that the ex-
crement Of the herd is stored underneath
the sheds, he puts forth the collateral
fact that there is a double floor between
the basement and the cows This circum-
stance is Of no importance when we con-
slider the fact that the trap door com
muniCates between the stable where the
COWS are and the basement where the
eXcrement is stored. that the excremenr
is allowed 10 accumulate for TWO or three
days at time, and that there is an omen
slip at least two inches wide extending
the entire length of the stable floor in
the rear Of the COWS opening directly
into the basement where the manure is
collected In fact, this opening is for the
very purpose Of draining IiQuig refuse
into the basement. II is plain that this
constant open communication for the pas
sage OF ehiuvia between the cOwshed and
the manure pit does away with the sup
posed protection of a double treble or
any other kind Of floor.
With respect 10 the proximity Of the
hogpeh 10 the coWsheds. suffice IL to say
that the hOgpens are within the prohibit
ed area aud in defiance Of a notice from
the health department No permit, under
these circumstances, would be granted 10
a private dairy
4 Comparison of Statements.
so far as the mortality in the herd
is concerned. a comparison Of Dr. Rich
ardson's own figures viii SHOW that one
of two things must be true. On October
I, 1901. when he made his last report
he stated that the output Of milk was
more than 200 gallons a day Now he
says The output IS $50 gallons day.
And this is the time Of the year when
cows are most productive One Of these
things must be true-either the herd has
been reduced by mortality from about 200
COWS 70 ll2 cows. OF the productiveness
OF Dr Richardson's blooded stock is
steadily on the decline
zone hundred and fifty gallons from 10
COWS is about a gallon and a quarter per
mead. Everybody knows that a COW. even
an ordinary COW that does not produce
TWO gallons Of milk per day will not pay
for ats keeping
.DT- Richardson's daily gallon and a
quarter Is worth not TO exceed 28 cents.
IL rs a Weli-Enown fact that the average
daily cost Of feed for a COW is % cents.
ln addition must be reckOned the cost Of
attendance ana housing and the original
cost OF The animal Whether The Govern
meut derives any profit from this indus
Try the reader can easily judge for him
self
There IFS even n rimpleT test. One-half
Of the milk c0nslmed at the hospital is
obtained from local dealers at the local
rate, which IS from Is to Il cents per gal
Ion None Of these COWS can be producing
less than two gallons per day. Unless this
half Of the milk consumed by the patients
is OF Inferior quality and produced under
unsanitary conditions, which. Of course.
Dr. Richardson wiz not admit the other
hair of the milk consumed is produced al
the asylum al an immensely excessive
outlay. the difference between the two
being Al absolute loss 20 the Govern
meut.'
LOOKING FOR A RECTOR.
Grace Episcopal Church Of Chicago