The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30

Washington, Aug. 29.-"The Milk
Supply of Two Hundred Cities and
Towns is the title of a report just
issued by the Bureau of Animal In
dustry in the Agricultural Department,
with the idea of showing what is be-
ing done for the improvement of the
milk supply, and showing wherein fur
Their improvement may be made.
The report says that the demand for
improvement in the milk service has
led to much better practices on the part
of many of those connected with diff
ferent phases of the business. Pro-
ducers give more care to the selection
and breeding of cows, their health and
housing, feed and water: to the mat
ters of cleanliness in milking, and the
care of milk while on the farm. There
have been marked improvements in
and manner of transportation, stora &c,
distribution, and delivery. The small
glass jar, or bottle, as a complete and
sealed vessel, to pass unopened from
producer to consumer, is a great ad-
vance in equity, purity and security of
delivery. The report says, however,
that this jar is too heavy. too short
lived, and too expensive, and that the
ideal package for milk carriage and
delivery, light, clean, safe, and so cheap
as to be used only once, and then de-
stroyed, has yet to be found.
Much reformatory work" says the
report, lis still needed in the improve
ment of all these parts of the business
that are within the control of the pro-
ducing farmer. This requires the unit
ed efforts of all public and private
agencies that can be interested in it
and brought into action. More impor-
tant is the system, or present lack of
system, in distribution and delivery.
Producers and customers are jointly
carrying an untold burden in support
ing armies of men and means of trans
portation engaged in depulication, or.
rather, multiplication, of labor, where
intelligent cooperation would be a dis
tinct benefit to all concerned. A great
opportunity awaits the successful prac-
The compilation of facts regarding
the milk supply of 200 cities and towns,
varying in size from Greater New York,
with a population of 3,437, POP, to Bel
fast, Me, with a population of 4,615, is
given so as to show what has already
been done, and what measures have
been found efficacious, in order to guide
new movements or to revise old ones in
the direction of improving the milk
supply
Milk laws and ordinances are dis
cussed, but no effort is made to offer
what might be called an ideal milk
law, it being believed that suggestions
can be had from study of the laws
already in force and it beinS obvious
that an ordinance suitable in one city
or town might be quite inapplicable in
another. 1t is suggested that the reg
ulations should be as clear and brief
as possible, and that those relating to
milk should be enacted together so that
they can be printed separately for dis
tribution. 1t is pointed out that it is
a serious mistake not to consult with
reputable dairymen and dealers when
laws concerning them are being con-
sidered. Such persons welcome the en-
actment and rational enforcement of
proper measure to regulate the produc-
ton and sale of milk. The prohibition
of adulteration and unsanitary meth
DDS helps their business by driving out
competitors whose false claims of ex-