BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-01-28
Tor Purer Mix.
Advice Of New York County Me
dical Society Night Well Be Fol
lowed By Porto Rican Dealers.
Conditions Required For Farm.
Officially Certified.


The New York County Medical Society
some time ago appointed commission to
make arrangements for an official certifca-
tion Of milk in the hope OF bettering the sup.
ply Of New York City. especially that used
for the tenement house districts. The COM
mission has now formulated series Of rules
for the dealers, and agrees if those are com.
Piled with to certify to the purity and whole.
soneness Of their milk The suggestions
are, Of course, for the milk dealers generally.
Milk is an extremely good culture me-
dium for germs; that is, they grow and in.
crease in number very rapidly after entering
it. For this reason it ID always very rich in
bacteria. The commission has tentatively
fixed upon maximum If 1000 germs psr
cubic centimetre, which must not be exceed.
ed if its indorsement is desired. This seems
Ike largo number of microbes for pure
milk, but in warm weather as many as
1000, 900 per cubic centimetre are fequently
found. The commission also requires that
this condition be attained and preserved
without the use Of antiseptiss of any kind
other than scrupulous cleanliness and cold.
The certified milk must not contain less than
4 per cent. Of butter fat. The present
Health Board requirement is 3 per cent.
In return for these precautions. whick
will involve considerable additional expense
to the dealers, the commission offers them
the right to use caps on their milk jars with
the words, sscertified by the commission Of
the Medical Society Of the County Of New
Yorh.n This is really equivalent to certi.
ficate that the milk is in the best possible
coudition, and ID wholesome, nutritious
TODD,
Elach dealer desiring 70 take advantage Of
sks eammission's offer ID to pay . fixed
monthly charge, based on tEe s4as1asy VI
mlIk fprniahsd- rs .lpsr menth for fArms
sending daiIy supp " 0i ZOO quarts Of leSs
up to 9I5 for those sendlng over 500 quarts.
During every week specimens Of the milk
will be taken at random for examination.
and the commission reserves the right to
make inspections Of certified farms at any
time.
The required conditions on the certified
farms are: First, that the barnyard be kept
clean and dry, no manure being allowed
to collect in it. This not only keeps IL
free from Objectionable odors, but very
much diminiskss the number of flies, wkich
are source Of considerable danger, being
liable to get into the mills after crawling
over all sorts Of fiIth. Second, cleanliness
in the stable, which must be well vsntil-
ated and lighted, free from bad odJrs, and
should be. whitewashed at least twice q
year. Third, Q Gopious water supply, free
from all danger Of pollution with animal
matter. Fourth, careful attention to the
health Of the COWS, which should be szsm-
ined at least twice year BY compstsat
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added to herd without the application Of
the tuberculin test for tuberculosis and
the avoidance OF any Unnecessary exciting
Of them by hard driving or abuse Of any
sort. The satire body Of the COW should
BE- groomsd every day, and always before
milking the udder should be carefully
elssnssd. An mllk fran cows sixty dAys
bsiors and ten dsys sflsr cslving must b /
rejected. Fifh, care In securing clsanli- |
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'Aoroaghly dried before milling, and tAs /
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