The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-07-27

In 1899 DR.. Goler came to the con-
clusion that it was better to feed clean
milk than to feed cooked milk and
cooked dirt together. so it was decided
to stop pasteurization and to estab-
fish q central milk station on a farm
whore the effort could properly be
made to keep the dirt and germs out
of the milk. 1t was believed that clean
milk, or milk approximately clean, hav-
ing no more than 10000 bacteria to
the cubic centimeter, needed no appli-
cation of heat to render it fit food for
babies.
cattle. barn and surroundings are in
good condition and where the farmer is
willing to take more thar usual care
of his COWS is selected. An extraordi-
narily fine appearing farm Is not
looked for, but n where the ordinary
upon so as to make them fit for the
desired purpose. This central station
| has been placed on three different
farms in six years.
An agreement is made with the
farmer on whose place the milk labor
atory is established to take all of his
milk at a fixed price, from Az to b
cents a quart, and to get all the ice
needed from him at the market price.
The laboratory consists of a portable
wooden house, 16x22, built in sections,
containing shelving, tables, milk uten-
sils, bottles, boxes for shipping milk
and the necessary cleaning utensils.
Besides this there are three tents.
one where the bottles are washed, an
other for the steriliZing of the utensils
and the other for the nurse to sleep In.
A sink is erected to which running wa
ter is piped from a large cistern. The
drainage from the sink is piped away in
an open drain.
AT this laboratory the most complete
precautions are taken to keep the milk
~1--. fye, ,~~ r,,l tnnCiI np~n
washed they are sterilized and n
closed in cheesecloth bags until they
are used the next morning.
The bottles are washed, rinsed, steri-
lized, placed in racks on the tables,
their mouths being stopped with cotton
them, which is rather different from the
customary way of rinsing bottles and
standing them upside down to drain
dry.
The nurse and her assistant superin-
tend the milking, in which process
every care is taken to see that no dirt
or dust finds it's way into the milk.
When the milking is completed the
various mixtures are made, four IN
number, the sugar is added and the
milk is racked off into nursing bottles.
These are then corSed with rubber
corks, placed in wooden shipping trays,
holding -four dozen each, covered with
broken ice and shipped to the different
city stations.
Milk prepared in this manner, as
shown by successive daily counts, con-
tains on an average less than 10000
bacteria to the cubic centimeter. while
the ordinary milk contains more than
fifty times as many bacteria. This milk
will keep sweet for days at room tenn
perature, and thus requires no ice in
the house.
Not having been subjected to heat, it
is asserted tina it is more easily di-
gested by infants han ~pasteurized or
sterilized cows milk and that it does
not poison the baby by adding a large
number of bacteria to 2 child's digest
i've apparatus. as does ordinary milk.
AS the milk is given to the mother prop
erly diluted and sweetened, 1t requires nc
addition of other substances. And as 1t
is already in a sterilized nursing bottle.
it is not necessary to do anything to 1T
other than to remove the rubber cork, fit
q clean nipple to the bottle, warm it, or
for older children. pour it into a cup.
This, DIR. Goler believes, approNimates the
ideal milk for the hand fed baby.
Rochester's success in dealing with this
problem is Illustrated in the following
table showing all the deaths under five
years from all causes in the nine years
preceding the commencement of the milk
work and the nine years following:
TnlU Deaths AUGUST Deaths