Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-11-06
Creamery Men Warned,

W >AS S. ssss..,
Creamery Men Warned,
State Dairy Commissioner II. r.
Wright, who also il food commission
or in charge of the enforcement OF
the pure food law, has sent out q
circular letter to all creamery man
ayers, cream purchasing agents. and
producers Of milk and cream in lows,
warning them that In every case
where evidence Of violation OF the
pure food law can be secured, this
department will cause the prosecu-
ten Of both the seller and the puz-
chaser Of unclean or unwholesome
milk or. cream" The commissioners
and his assistants are constantly In
vestigating the quality Of cream at the
creameries. the receiving stations and
while enroute by rail- or otherwise and
the law will be enforced az vigorously
and completely as possible.
The producer Of bad cream, even
though it Is salable. loses money; ne
causes immensely greater losses to
other producers whose better product
is contaminated by his bad stun; ana
he causes still greater losses to the
state as a whole because the rePuta-
ton Of the state suffers. These !oss-
es are inexcusable because the pro
duction Of good milk and cream 10 q
comparatively easy matter. There 10
necessarily only cleanliness low tenn
peratures and frequent delivery.
The pure food department there
fore will insist on the following condi-
tionS:
Hand separators shall be washed
Immediately after each time they are
used. This Is extremely important
Cream must be cooled before mix
ing with cold cream.
"Creaml must be held at low tenn
perature both summer and winter.
Cans In which milk or cream Is
delivered must be clean.
Cream must be Delivered at least
every second day In summer ana
every third day in winter, and must,
when delivered, be clean and whole
some az required by the statute"
Cream that is sweet and clean and
of high test Is worth about 3 cents
per pound Of fat more for butter max.
ing purposes than cream that Is olo
and sour and Of low test. This de.
partment Endorses the principle OF
paying for cream on grade and urges
its general adoption both by the cen
trailer and the local creamery Oper
ator. The principle Is not only rign'
from business standpoint but lts
| practice will tend to better cream
and greater profits for producer ant
manufacturer of dairy products.
The pure food law authorizes hne
Of not less than $25 nor more than
800 for the sale, purchase, or use o.
any unclean, unhealthful. adulterated
or unwholesome milk or cream to be
converted into any product of human
food. 1t is made the duty Of the dairy
commissioner to enforce the law.
Enforce Pure Food Law.
The Iowa pure food law went into
effect July 4 and became really oper-
alive with the organization Of the
force Of inspectors Oct 1.
Prosecutions under it, looking to its
enforcement, will be commenced BY
the state food and dairy commission.
er the coming week This statement
is authorized. A large number Of
samples of food offered for sale In the
markets, have been chemically anal
yzed and sufficient evidence has been
| gathered to indicate a wide nonob
servance Of the law. While no prose
cutions are to be based on analysis
30 far made, they will be begun here
after upon disclosure OF violations.
Among the food analysed by the
dairy and food commissioners chemist
at the state building were twepty-one
samples of sausage and hamburger
| steak, ten Samples OF lard, three sam.
| pies Of cherries, one sample Of pulver.
| lied sugar, and four samples Of cod.
fish. OF the sausage and hamburger
steak ten samples were found perfect,
while eleven samples were adulter.
ated with sodium sulphite.
OF the lard, four samples were
found to be adulterated with beei
/ stearine. The other SIX samples were
sold for lard, but were withdrawn by
the sellers when they discovered that
the purchasers were pure food In.
spectors.
4 OF the cherries, two samples were
artihcially colored and one was aduI.
terated with sodium benzoate.
OF the sugar. the sample was found
! free from inpurity.
The four samples Of sodfish were
found adulterated With boracic acid.
! Barr Appointed Warden.
1 Marquis Barr Of oskaloosa has beer
l appointed warden Of the state peni
! tentiary at Anamosa by the board q
control, succeeding w. A. Hunter
who died about two weeks ago. Mr.
4 Barr was warden OF tho institute,
Just preceding the election Of Mr.
Hunter, and was regarded as an EN-
cient officer. The ONCE was then {
! political plum, the place being f,llet
F, by the legislature. the party In con
troll in that body holding caucus
and the caucus nominee being elected
Mr. Hunter was elected in this way
but his services were 30 excellen,
that the state board Of control re
tanned him after 1t took control Of the
institutions in 1898.
J, Teach Boys and Girls Together.
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