Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-01
Needed Dairy Liquidation.

GIBBON, Neb., Jan. SOTO the Editor
OF The Bee: There has been introduced
into both branches OF the Nebraska legis-
lature a dairy commission bill known as
house roll No. 1856 and senate file No. 1879.
The provisions of this bill were thor
oughly considered and discussed at the last
meeting of the Dairymen's association. at
which we're present more than 200 dairy
men. and was unanimously approved and
recommended for enactment into law. This
measure provides for the creation of
dairy commission. because II is believed
that the value and Importance Of the dairy
industry to the people of the state ian in
dustry representing an investment Of more
than 500, 900 900. See statistical map In 1905
report Of Nebraska Dairymens associa-
ton, which report may be had on applica-
ton to the secretary warrants the estab-
lishment OF such commission with power
to enforce the dairy laws OF the state.
Under the provisions OF the bill the gov
ernor would be the dairy commissioner,
but the deputy commissioner and four
dairy inspectors must be appointed on the
recommendation of the professor Of dairy
husbandry at the state university and the
officers of the State Dairymen's association.
This is required In order that the working
force of the commission shall not only be
familiar with the dairy industry. but also
have practical as web as scientific knowl-
edge of testing milk and cream. This bill
makes II unlawful to sell or manufacture
into butter for sale milk or cream which
is unclean or that has been kept In unsan-
! itary conditions or surroundings. The
proper enforcement of such law Will
prevent the dairyman from selling cream
which is unclean and will prevent the
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tions in undesirable places. such as the
store room of some grocery store, sur
| rounded by onions, Ash, oil or rotten vege-
tables, and then manufacturing such cream
| into butter to be sold at low price. to the
great detriment of the entire dairy in
dustry. It will be the duty of the dairy
\ inspectors to inspect places where milk
and cream are produced and kept and to
| see that the law is complied with. I'm
provement in the quality OF cream means
improvement in the quality and price OF
creamery butter; better price for butter
means a better price paid for cream, and II
by the inspection and the education which
naturally, goes with II 1t is possible to I'm
prove the quality of cream sold so that Il
shall bring cent more per pound fol
the butter fat which It contains than wai
paid the last year. this increased pric'
would pay, ten times over. the annual ex
pense of the dairy commission.
Perhaps the most important provision o.
the bill is that relating TO the testing o.
cream. With good reason there has beer
more dissatisfaction connected with thu
testing of cream than any other feature o
the dairy business. While the dairymen o
the state have been selling. annually. 60
900, 900 pounds Of cream there has been nj
flxed, established and legal method for test
ing cream, although all cream was teste'
Tor supposed to bel and paid for on tn
basis of the pounds of butter fat which
contained. This dairy commission bill no
only provides a legal method for testint
cream, but It does still better: 1t provide
that before any persons can engage In tn
business of testing cream at any place wher
cream is bought and sold, they must frs
pass an examination to determine that the.