Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16
A PROGRESSIVE DAIRY
MODERN METHODS EMPLOYED
BY w. B. DODGE & SON.
This Firm Conducts It's Own Dairy
Farm on Clearly and SAM
tary Principles.

In every great city the supplying Of the
Inhabitants with milk has become g. great
business Few persons have any very
clear idea of the vast amount of lacteal
fluid that is required for such a city as this
There are many dealers in the national
capital engaged In the milk business, and
under the increasing high standard Of test
demanded by the health department any
one engaged in selling milk must con-
duct his establishment as to pass the lynx
eyes Of the government inspectors
First-cass milk dealers have no fault to
find with the rigid requirements of the
health department, for it compels better
milk supply and reflects credit upon those
who receive the recognition Of the authori-
ties.
There was a time, not SO very long ago,
when the composition of the fluid served as
milk in this city was indeterminate
thing. Thanks to the constant vigilance of
the health authorities and the enterprise Of
large and well-established dealers. the milk
supply is now of very high quality.
Among the dealers in this city who con-
duct first-class establishments and who
have made a reputation for handling the
very best milk is the firm of w 3. Dodge
| & Son, whose dairy, known as the Jingle
| side" located at 1857 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, is one Of the best equipped in
| the city.
| This dairy is equipped as the health de-
partment likes to see diaries equipped,
and in this respect the proprietors, Messrs
w. B. Dodge and his son, w. B. Dodge, jr..
have gained an unexcelled reputation A
visit to their large and commodous farms,
located at Townsville and Langley, Va,
will convince one that these farms are
models of cleanliness and that everything
Is kept shipshape and scruplously neat and
clean in every detail.
Mr.. w. B. Dodge, sr, has been engaged
in the milk business the greater part of his
life, and has given the most careful study
to the sanitary science of the most ad-
vanced ideas in modern farming. His cattle
are of the best, keeping on hand herd Of
about 100 choice Jersey and Gearnsey cows
at both farms which are fed with care
fully balanced rations, which keeps them
in the best OF condition, so that they give
a quality of milk that Is much above the
standard, and plenty Of 1t. The water
which the cows drink is pumped by a wind
mill from a well 300 feet deep, and is sup
piled to them in throughs in the barn. There
is no going out into the rain and wind when
these cattle are watered.
The managerial part Of the business IN
the city is looked after by William B.
Dodge, jr., young man full of energy and
in every sense of the word hustler He
has fitted up a model office at 1907 Penn
sylvania avenue northwest, and looks after
the enormous quantities Of milk, cream,
butter and eggs which come from the farms
daily This office, like the farms. is a
model of cleanliness, and is neat and clean.
Not bottle or can goes out of this es-
Establishment until it IS perfectly clean and
pure, every modern method being employed
in the cleaning of milk receptacles. and for
delivering their product to the many homes
of the city they use handsome wagons,
which are kept clean and neat, every ia"
ity being employed for delivering the milk
and cream as cool and fresh as it comes
from the farm.
When the Messrs. Dodge first commenced
selling milk in the city one team was found
quite sufficient to handle their trade, but
now it requires four large teams to dis
tribute milk in all parts of the city. Since
last February their business, by careful and
close attention to every detail, together with
the excellent quality of their dairy prod
ucts, has increased 800 per cent, and at
the present rate of increase the "Ingleside
Dairy" is destined to become one of the
largest milk businesses of the city.
The above cut shows barn at the Ingle-
side Farm, DewinsYille, Va.