New-York tribune., 1907-07-29
MILK SUPPLY OF PARIS
Housekeepers Generally Satisfied
Rigid Inspection Maintained.
Paris. July Is.

Paris, July 10
Partisan housekeepers are on the whole salts
fed with their milk supply. The Board Of
Health maintains a rigid inspection IN the cap
ital. and the Ministry Of Agriculture employs
officials in each dairy district to see that the
requirements Of wholesome food. air, light clean
uness, securing OF milk pals and of milk cans
are complied with. The rich, broad plains Of
the Vexin, about fifty miles distant, furnish a
large portion Of the best milk consumed in
Paris. AT sunset large yellow four-wheeled carts.
drawn by three horses abreast, collect the cans
at the farms and convey them to the nearest
railroad station where they are placed on the
milk trains and reach Paris shortly after mid
night The country milk carts are so constructed
that air circulates around each can. They hold
at least 120 twenty-five cans placed in four
rows, ten cans in each row, and three rows one
above another. Auto vans are never used by
dairymen in France, for they inpart a disagree
able odor to the milk. Only a very small pro-
portion Of the milk dealers supply pasteurized
milk, as there is comparatively little demand for
It. except for children Of wealthy families Ster-
illzed milk can also be obtained from special
dealers Milk Is cheap IN Paris. The best milk
shops IN the wealthier quarters Of the city sell
1t all the year round at eight cents a utre Ga
utre is the equivalent to one and three-Quarters
pints), and in the poorer districts II can be had
for six cents q litre- In the country the price
varies from four 10 five cents a litre. There is
preventing the adulteration Of milk. and an
ingenious method is adopted by which IN addI-
ton TO the penalties. which vary from fines TO
imprisonment, or both, the delinquent Is held up
70 public reproach. The milk dealer whose milk
Is proved by official analysis to contain a super
abundance Of water, or the slightest trace Of
chalk flour other extraneous substance, Is
compelled to hang up IN front of his shop q
large, conspicuous poster stating that on such q
day the milk in that shop was found by the in
spectors Of the city Of Paris to be adulterated.
one or these placardS must be displayed in the
shop window. and another one inside the shop
over the counter. These notices must remain
IN place for one, three or SIX months according
to the gravity Of the offence. Similar notiAca-
tons are posted in the town hall of the "arron-
basement, or ward. in which the shop is situated
ana IN certain instances are inserted in half a
dozen Paris newspapers at the expense Of the
delinquent The method Is eflcacious, and drives
away custom IN very short time.
IN the Vexin and in Normandy the richness
Of the soil keeps the cows IN good milk longer
than those or the Beauce or in the suburban
districts near the fortihcatlons OF the city, but
the richness OF the milk also depends on the
length OF time during which an animal has been
MIXED daily. To obtain some degree OF uni
fornlty. therefore, all milk given by a dairy
farm IS mixed together and heated to degree
short OF actual boiling, and then the teulpera-
turo Is rapidly reduced IN refrigerators and
the milk placed in the large tin cans holding
twenty utres and sent up to the wholesale milk
merchant IN the city. The mornings milk lands
In Paris between and o'clock and is OF three
classes. distinguished by the color Of the waxen
seal that fastens down the I'D OF the great cans
The richest in cream has a red seal, the second
quality has white and the third a black.
The wholesale rnukInan collects his cans OF
milk from the railway station and carries It In his
own large, yellow open-work carts TO his ware
house, whence II is distributed among the DIFF
ferent retail nIlknen. AS there are no large or
important milk dealers in Paris few Of the re-
tailers have their own carts IN which to fetch
their milk They therefore employ carter who
goes 70 the wholesale house and takes or the
milk 10 his clients. For this little service the
carter charges each milkshop which he serves
30 francs a month. or a franc @ day, and II Is
probably O very economical way Of getting the
work done. since horse feed and keep are dear
IN Paris Jewellers going home In the early
morning may at o'clock see the great cans
neatly ranged on the sidewalk outside the milk
shop, taking care Of themselves until such time
as the Ulilkman shall get up and take them in.
Some shops have G permanent chain outside