The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

livery wagon. General appearance of sur
 roundings indicates much negligence in
 handling the milk.
 A. M. Creswell, North Birmingham. Very sorry barn, poorly kept. General ap- pearance of surroundings indicates much carelessness in handling milk. Fairly
 good delivery wagon, not kept clean. Cows get water outside.
 R. E. Black North Birmingham. Old barn, Is kept in clean condition. Milk house not very good. location Is not fav- orable, place of same is too low. Aerates milk, then cans are put into ice chest where the milk is kept cold. Good de-
 livery wagon, kept clean. Cows run out side, where they get water. F. Gholstein, North Birmingham. Very sorry barn and is very poorly kept. Very sorry delivery wagon General facilities for conducting dairy very poor. Poor
 milk house. Very careless in handling
 the milk No aerator; puts milk right Into the cans and delivers it to the cus- toners with the animal heat in it. w. l.. Bufford located on pike, about
 one mile below Powdery. New first-class dairy barn, in good condition. Good milk house in clean condition. Very large re- frigerator in which large amount of ice is kept to keep the milk, cream and
 butter cold. Aerates milk. Fine herd of cattle, nearly hundred in number mostly Jerseys. They get fine water which is pumped Into troughs from l Hawkins spring. by the Bessemer Water l Works company. Has small truck cars 1 that run through te barn in which the manure is hauled off entirely away from i the barn.
 Milk House Clean.
 ! s. L. Brewster, Arlington, on Gate City
 car line. Very good barn, very well kept. Milk house small, but clean. Aerates i milk and then puts cans in ice chest, 1 where the milk Is kept cold until the same l is delivered. Good water for cows; Is /, pumped from deep well into trough. Good | delivery wagon. Furnace for heating wa- l ter to wash milk vessels.
 l w. B. Allgood. located between Lake view and Avondale. Sorry barn and not
 very well kept No milk house; no aera- l tor; puts cans in cold water to cool milk.
 Poor delivery wagon. General facilities 1 for conducting dairy poor. Ellis Bynum, located the same as All- l goods. Good new barn, in clean condi- l tion Lot of manure at lower end of barn in bad sloppy condition. Lot surround ing barn in bad dirty condition. Some | hogs being kept in a pen too near the
 barn; pen in bad shape. No aerator; coos milk by putting cans in cold water | Fairly good delivery wagon pr. R. A. Berry, located about eight
 miles out over Red mountain via Green Springs This dairy was visited and in- spected twice not long since. and each time was found to be in good condition It is a first-cass barn and Is well drained and nicely kept Has hose connection l with tank, so the barn and drain l troughs can be flooded at necessary in tervals Good milk house, well kept Small boiler to make steam for steriliz- l ing vessels. Milk is aerated and then the | cans are placed in ice chest. where the l milk and cream is kept cold until same is 1 delivered to the customers. Has fine herd of cattle mostly Jersey. They have good water supply Good delivery wagon.
 1 It can be seen from this report that a large percentage of the dairles need ma l teriaI improvement. and with few excep- 1 tions very nearly all the dairies need some I improvement The inspector is having l the necessary improvements made with I as much dispatch as possible. l number of the dairymen are respond i ing to the requirements and are improv- | Ing the condition of their dairies. and are 1 purchasing some new first-class delivery wagons.
 In the report for June it was stated l that the dairy owned by Fuqua Bros, I was in a very bad, unsanitary condition. The condition of this dairy has been ma terially improved. and there is still room
 
 l An unknown chemical has been pur- chased from drug store in the city, which chemical is said to be used by dairy men hs a preservative for milk and 1 cream After thorough chemical test 1 by the inspector, this chemical was found l to be boracic acid.
 | Several samples. of cream from q. cer- 1 tain cafe in the city have been tested ! for thisf fadulteration, and in every case 1 were found to contain characteristic l amounts of this chemical. A thorough | investigation is being made to ascertain | who the guilty party is, and when suffi- 1 cient evidence is obtained the party prac- | ticing the violation will be arrested and l made to give account of the evil practice. | Several samples of milk have been col 1 ,ected from the different dairymen, and l delivered to Mir. Nebecker, bacterlologist 1 for the Birmingham Water Works com
 panv. Mir. Neibecker made his report on 1 these samples to Dr. Hardness. city health officer.
 l Respectfully submitted,
 1 E. M. DUNCAN, | Assistant Milk and Meat Inspector.