Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-17
FAULT FOUND At DIARIES
UHslsanlinsS' Reported BY WOmsn's elah
Delegates Who Visit the Places
CARE or COWS NEEDS MORE ATTENTION
Investigations VIII ne Continued with
Cooperation of Health COM
missioner Ralph and
Abuses Corrected.

At a meeting OF the household economics
department OF the womans club held
Thursday morning the women made their
first report of their investigation Of the
dairies from which Omaha receives us
milk supply. Only eight dalries have been
visited so far, but the investigation has
only begun and Is to be continued in sea-
son and out OF season untN the conditions
under which the milk is produced and
served to local consumers come little
nearer the standard set by the average
housewife who has the welfare of her
family at heart. The women made the in
spection personally and unannounced, and
they report there is still much room for
improvement before some OF the graveHt
Of the unsanitary features are removed.
Without exception there was complaint Of
the care Of the cattle even in those dairies
that have emphasized this feature IN their
advertising.
Authorities claim that one OF the most
dangerous kinds OF filth that gets into
milk comes from its contact with the udder
and with the hands of the mixer and
then dripping into the pail without ex-
ception the women complained the care OF
the cattle and the practice OF the mixers
necessitated the presence OF this kind Of
dirt in the milk.
Cows stand I'm Filth.
In several places it was reported cows
were allowed TO stand In slime and mud a
foot or more deep, and there was no evil
dence Of any attempt to groom these cows.
At one dairy in the vicinity of Ruser' $
park the cattle have to stand in deep slime
and mud to reach the water trough, ana
the well supplying the water which
washes the bottles and waters the
cattle Is less than twenty feet
from the trough Soda is used senerally
as a means Of cleaning and sweetening the
bottles, but in the smaller diaries igno-
rance Is largely responsible for the bad
conditions existing. In some cases the
feed is poorly taken care OF. In other
places the cattle are badly stabbed, and
wherever the milking was witnessed there
was complaint OF the dripping from the
hands into the pail.
Among the diaries visited were NJ. P.
Madson's. schall's and the TIultz. near
Ruser's park; the Atlantic dairy, Soren-
sons dairy at East Omaha and the Sun
rise dairy at Dundee Regarding the use
OF preservatlves there could be no proof
but the dairymen all denied using II, and
the women propose getting at the facts by
| other means, DR.. Ralph, commissioner
! OF health, having PROMISED 10 Cooperate,
Appearances No Index.
! The appearance Of the milk wagons anc
the men were reported as entirely unre.
liable means Of, judging the conditions pre-
| yailing at the diaries.
Due allowance was made for the din
Guilty in getting reliable men to do the
/ milking, owing to the long hours and the
comparatively small pay. In some OF the
I 80 4 a ~ .,.,A 4
not finished until 5 a. m. II begins agair
at D. M and Is finished between and II
D. m. Thirty dollars a month Is the average
salary, with SIS allowed for board
| The women were all reminded OF theii
| own responsibility In returning the bottles
promptly and well cleaned, as the care Of
bottles is necessarily a large item of ex
pense to dairymen. The investigations
will be continued and reported at the mex
two meetings, and the women have invited
all interested to attend.