The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-06-21

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The cost of laying "A line of tile
across an acre of land, which approx
| mately is 1916 rods square, is Just
about equal to what one good crop Of
corn ought to fetch from the same
| amount of land.
LOCAL MILK AND MEAT INSPECTION.
With increased knowledge of bac-
| terology and corresponding appre
| citation of the important part which
| germ life occupies in the existence aud
| spread OF different diseases. special
| emphasis IS coming to be placed upon
the Importance and necessity of hav
ing food supplies and particularly milk
and meat products, free from contain
ination by disease germs. A thriving
western city with which we are ac-
quainted which has gradually evolved
from Il quiet rural hamlet TO Il bustlng
manufacturing center has lately decid
ed on an inspection of all milk and
meat which are to be sold in the corpora
tlon. The city council was led to take
this action as a result of the discovery
of a considerable number of tubercu-
losis cases and the discovery that some
diseased animals were being killed for
the local market, eight hogs which the
home butcher was too busy to handle
being killed and dressed in local
packing plant which was under gov
ernment inspection, it being found that
one of the eight hogs was badly dis
ai Si DlX.
to show that the day is not far distant
when a sentiment touching the danger
to public health from contaminated
sources of food supply will be aroused
to the point where it will insist on the
careful inspection of these two impor
tant food products-milk and meat.
And there is no place this gospel needs
preaching more than in the smaller
cities all over the country whose daries
and slaughter houses have not us yet |
been placed under official inspection |
While some states provide for the kill |
ing of all dairy animals found affected |
with tuberculosis the matter is usual |
ly left as q matter of option to ipdi- |
vidual communities. while in non. Of |
them, so far as we know, is there pro
vision for the general inspection of
beef and pork and scientific eXamina-
tion of dairy herds. The day is near
at hand when there will be Il county or
district official whose duty it will be to
look after the meat and milk nspec
tlOn of every town in his territory
COUNTY EXPERIMENT STATIONS.
A departure that gives promise of
adding greatly to the value and effec-
tiveness of the work now being done at
the state experiment stations and one
that has been much discussed of late
has in view carrying out of the prac-
teal work done at the places mention
ed at the different county farms. In
stead of being compelled to study state
experiments at long range and having
10 digest bulletins which are more or
less technical and whose data and finds
because of Il variation in latitude, eli
nate or soil condition, under the plan
these experiments are to be
'arried out under conditions that are
Known and which exist in each locality.
The work to be done at the county sta
ions gives promise of being especially
along the line of testing the
'alue of different kinds of corn, grain
nd grasses that are at present, grown,
nd later the introduction of new va
ieties, the conducting Of feeding ex-
erments and the putting to practical
est of the many suggestions that grow
ut of the state work. The line of ex- .
eriment proposed Is to be carried on
nder the direction of the state author
les, who will receive the cooperation
the county board of supervisors. In :
le writer's home county work of this
ind Is to be undertaken, the board
aving set aside Il certain sum for the =
rosecutlon Of the work. This year the :.
eed corn that has been planted in the ,
ounty is to be given n thorough test g
nd an oracular demonstration given of /
he advantage and disadvantage of
lanting good and poor seed. The plan
ltlined would seem to be one that had +
1t the possibility Of almost llmitless 8
ltenslon and development and one 9
aught with great results for the agri-
ilteral interests of the whole country. =,