The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-02

BOSTON, october THE professional
germ hunter liz the Alntest conner among
Industrial scientists # Is his by !,
microbes that worry s Folks 80 nowadays.
and tell the anxious lnynnti how they
may DO Kept outE Of their sfnvoritc lurking
tic ncclmulated knowiedso Of tic uscs,
\ fields the @puro aclentist"Sllus no occn-
s sion to en- tors "A VA gi 5lG
commercial occupation, is clinrnct orlstic
OF the twentieth century When the
germ theory was first advances --or Wnen
its trut, vas first coslnslyeiy pvoa
suited a Everything, from eating TO kiss
ing. was declared ITO DO frought VIZ" j.
n,icroblc danger: But IN q dozen or ~,
Sther proper place, and while good
1rinny things which once seemed mys-
terious have been traced to mnlicio,Ms .llt,
tlo l,,lcro;;orgahsnis many ut, The he bugs
are now Identified as harmless and many
others as even help ft,l. 4 4
II Pract !cal Biology ns ono might call
stlhc study Of germs, has bcon an I'm
portantt department at the Nlassnchu-
setts nstituto Eof Technology for many
years. III In fact, no small share OF It's do
.Thc Institute established the first water
m le stations ii thls country, and it
gives much attention to training SAM
specnily Interesting, though, At this
time, when the subject Of pure food is
being 80 widely gItnted, Is the other
ton of3mlk, ice, fresli5ntd canned meats.
vese cables ana sfruit;4 the consideration or
processes of fermentation, as n v ~ sho
industrIals, even, like tanning, and SO
on. Tho farmer and dairymal,, have found Gun
how to mako good microbes help them
4 baste 4ese h pfn ed dr
and now comes &the industrial biologist
as assistant to the consumer, too.
Tho success already made by tho DO
se tlyAt opaS 95hGp s an s. Ns
Prescott Of the Institute reveals q new ns
field for the man Of modern scientific;
training. It is predicted, that II VII l
try will be provided with one Of these
laboratories, and that the
Industrial biologist will, in the near ~
ture, be as important person H. y, ms u
III Tho problems thnt5nro brought to FRO
lessor Prescott's Investigations are m
atensely interesting and Intensely practi-
ef p an SIN III
the city, Is q rlxious TO { know the exact
condition Of his supply, which he buys
from 200 or more diaries anu farms scat
tered about New Eng gland. Not only IS
1T &"good business for him 10 make sure
( he SIS 3 giving his patrons only what IS
pure and wholesome, but, by their
Searching Inspection methods, boards of
health and local authorities generally are
leading dealers In all manner Of house
hold supplies to have closer regard ior
the uuality8of what thoy, sell than usea
TO be thought necessary 555,si 5 &
{7TTho board OF health inspectors have
such enormous quantities OF this. that
and the othorEto look into that, natural-
" they cannot keep the daily supervise
ion over every SHIPMENT that comes into
market. Tho nilkmnn cannot depend
on them to be posted as TO how we'll ms
farmers and dnirymen are living up 10
their contracts &nll the time. 80 he en-
cages the Industrial biologist to exam
Inc his supply for him, find just no "
near the standard that part aof5 ita fur
nished by each producer is, and recon-
mend mend any any measures that vii! improve
the quality and thereby help his trade.
The biologists work goes beyond mere
laboratory examination of samples, he
visits each dairy; observes the methodS
1t employs. notes It's degree Of clehnIl-
ness and the way it cares for Its cattle,
its cans and It's buildings. tests the
water supply and pa.sturage-for both OF
these are known to have no little effect
on the quality Of milk; and reports that
the remedy for the deficiency lies IN the