The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05

Washington, D. G. Aug. o.-The de
| partment of agriculture strongly adj
vocates strict municipal control over
| the milk supply of all cities of the
| United States, large as we'll as small.
A recent examination into the milk
| supply of the 200 largest cities in this
| country led to the conclusion that
there is all too little supervisor over
milk dealers, and that in many cities
! radical reforms schould be wrought
| in order to insure cleanliness, as we'll
as sanitation, in the distribution Of
milk to consumers. Among other cit
les whose milk supply was examined
! into were Seattle and Spoka-e.
Harry H. Collier deputy site dairy
commissioner, advised the department
that LOO COWS furnish the domestic
milk supply for Tacoma He was I'M
able to give any statistics as to con-
sumption per capita or to make spe-
| cific recommendations for the i'm
provement of TaComas method of
controlling the distribution of milk
During the past year, however, he ex-
| amined zoe samples of milk that was
offered for sale in the city; beyond
that his examinations did not go.
Returns From Seattle.
| According to statistics furnished by
Health Officer Nj. E. A. McKechnie
and Milk and Dairy Inspector L. M.
Woodcock, the daily consumtion of
milk in Seattle is estimated at 5000
gallons, or, on the basis Of the last
| census returns, al eVerage Of OBI
pints per capita, besides 400 allons Of
skinned milk and 700 gallons Of
| cream. Milk is sold in Jap stores and
| 81 wagons delivered in bottles, and
these are filled in the city. Only one
| firm pasteuriZes milk and the practice
is not increasing. The retail price Of
milk is cents a quart, in summer and
cents in winter producers rcceiv-
| ing 21a cents and 81 cents in the two
seasons There are no model dair-
les" near the city, but within its linn
its there are q herds, including 400
COWS, and milk is sent in from 76
dairy farms. About two-thirds of the
total milk supply is received by rail
way. the longest shipment being A
| miles
The milk standard is said to be 8
per cent fat and per cent other sol
ids.
About $1,000 is expended annually
in the supervision of the city milk
supply, the milk and VARY inspector
giving his entire time to the work,
and in the course of a year all dairies
contributing to Seattle's supply are
inspected. It is reported that recent
ly there has been a marked decrease
in the sale of adulterated milk, but
the department suggests the necessity
for better dairy buildings and greater
care in the production and handling
of milk
Don't Use Much Milk.
Over in Spokane the population Is
less addicted to the use Of milk, the
per capita consumption being but 054
pints per day or a total daily con-
sumption of $500 gallons, to which
is added 200 gallons Of cream. About
one-ffth of the milk in Spokane is
delivered in glass bottles filed in the
city. The retail price is 6 cents a
quart in summer and cents a quart
in winter. The longest shipment of
milk to Spokane is so miles. The six
herds of COWS in the city of Spokane
were examined by Deputy State Dali
ry Commissioner James Buulivant
but no examination was made of the
dairy farms in the outlying country.