The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-19
TYPHOID GERM KILLER
DR.. Moore's Method Of Destroy
ing Source of Fever In Water.
NO FAILURES N MANY TRIALS

BY sprinisiing Powder Into city
Mains or sluggish Ponds Germs Are
KILLED In About Twenty-four Hours
says Expert Moore OF the AgricuI-
turaI Department-FormuI Tried
ON selected Germs Always Success
full
DR.. George I. Moore, chief Of the
laboratory Of plant physiology at tbs
department Of agriculture in Washing
ton, says, according to the New York
American, that the formula that has
been made to destroy alge, a plant life
that some persons call frog spittal,
or the green scum, and which practi.
cany makes useless many cities water
supply. viii destroy typhoid fever
germs.
Previous publication has brought up
on the experimenters the unjust criti-
cism Of the medical authorities OF New
York city because Of the great misrep
resentation ia terming this the Dor
deaux solution. The latter il a liquie
commonly used in spraying fruit trees
II would be necessary to have SO larg,
proportion Of the solution for mix
ture with the water supplies 10 b
treated that it's cost alone would make
it almost impraeticable, even II il
could be used for this purpose.
The formula we have developed is {
powder and is applied by sprinkline
upon the surface Of the water in tn,
reservoirs. The principles upon whiel
It acts in destroying the vegetable life
and / also mean the typhoid germs. arr
purely scientific.
began my experiments about three
years ago on some watercress bed:
down south. ] tried 1t 500 times. anC
it never failed
/ thought that perhaps some Of The
germs might not have been as yigor
ous and strong as others and SO sem
to medical colleges and TO a consump
tive sanitarium in Pennsylvania anG
got some Of what you might call reg
ular 'thoroughbredsn They were
germs for which we almost had 9
pedigree, and we found that the treat
ment was still successful
a remarkable thing about this treat
ment OF water IS that il the formula
is applied to The water in the reservoir
it not only prihes that water, but vii
KIN and remove all typhoid germs tha
may be lurking along ia the water
pipes. SO that it is easy to see tina
by use Of the formula all danger q
! typhoid contamination Of water suppl
il removed
Another peculiar thing about tai
formula Is that. while III its use tn
water IS freed Of all the eontamin6
ton within twenty-four 10 forty Ugh
! hours. an evidence, even to the chem
/ lists, Is removed within that time
have not treated water from Ney
York city or from any other city.
1 got our germs from hospitals and bre'
our own colonies Of germs in the lab
oratory and experimental on then
there.
The whole matter Will be given Z
tile country within a month. and | d
not believe that my three years labo
has been wasted.
will not tell you just what fhi
preparation is yet call It prepare
ton Of copper for want Of a bette
name. The value Of the discovery, il
fact lies not so much in what is uses
as in how ii Is used Zach body 0
water must have specific treatment ac
cording to what is desired to be 60
! rid Of. 1t depends largely on the tim
Of the treatment, the temperature an
character of the water All / can tel
you at this time IL that the discover
Is a preparation Of copper, and, az
cording to the various different cond
tons surrounding the treatment thi
| preparation Il not always the same
When this discovery is given to th
country it win be handled by eo-opei
ating with local boards Of health 9
| BY sending agents from the department
Of agriculture to superintend the worl
After our formal announcement
made the local board Of health Of an
community in the country can writ
Us and we win send them direction
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