The daily sentinel., 1907-06-08
ShouId Have Authority.

Eliminating the drinking water OF thei
cattle or products from them.
Should Have Authority.
II the hygenic conditions are faulty
around the dairy the Inspector should
be clothed with authority TO compel
compliance with reasonable reguln-
tons by Withholding the products Of
/ the dairy until such improvements
as are needed are made And by thus
! producing the milk at the dairy in n
lpure state and regulating its trans
I portation and distribution there will
be little need of sterilizing the milk
Ito kill disease producing germs. or of
counting the germs in specimens
! from each dairy. As it has been
proven that a given specimen may
contain a million bacteria to each
Icubic centimetre without rendering
the milk unwholesome for human
consumption. while on the other
hand the count may be very low and
vet the germs be of the most viru-
lent type such as typhoid, diphtheria.
tuberculosis or other serious diseases.
The mere number of germs does not
!. reveal their character.
WE HAVE NO PROTECTION.
4 At present the people of Grand
Junction have absolutely no protec-
tion from unwholesome food pro
ducts, and it is safe to say that a
number of children and young in
fauts die annually from impure milk
|. supplied from the local dairies Not
so much from the diseased cows In
!. the herd as from the unsanitary con-
ditions under which the milk is han
died.
What One Dairy Does.
One dairy which | quite frequently
visit ! have noticed dip the water
from the ditch, place Il in a tub on a
stove and warm IL to about normal
body temperature The milk bottles
are placed i'm this tub and washed
then turned bottom up to dry and at
milking time are filled. Now mill
placed in these unsterilized bottles {.
nothing short of a model culture foi
the breeding of bacteria and surely
IoIds I'm spreading contagious diseases
Are Not ClcanIy.
The men neither put on clean
clothes, wash their hands or the
cows udder at milking time and
have often observed a pail of milk set
for half an hour or more in the stable
AFTER being taken from the COW. The
, dirt and odors of COW stable must
b. NNNAlN AbAAtAlAlAAlbNl AlAt IllNh " u
|greatcr or less extent.
\ Cows In the City.
II There are also n number of cows
Kept within the city limits that sup
\ ply the milk for several families auC
the majority OF them are kept under
. the most unsanitary conditions ant
within small enclosures where the
COW has no chance to exercise which
lis extremely detrimental to the
health of any COW, and in all prob
q ability quite a per cent of them would
be found suffering from tubercu-
losis if tested.
\ Startling Fact.
=. within the last twelve months
have killed three cows in the las
stages of tuberculosis All three o
r these cows were kept for family us'
, and at one place the eldest daughter
. was suffering from tuberculosis an,
had been getting worse for seyera
. months She had also been usini
the milk and cream from this COW
, freely which materially points to {
direct infection from animal to tn,
human being.
Meat In Grand Junction.
As regards the consumption o
meat In Grand Junction Il large per
centage is furnished by one firm an,
/ believe them 70 be honest In thei
/, intentions of furnishing good whole
, some meat 10 their customers bu
their are always INSCRIPTIONS mel
in any community that do not hosi
tate to endanger life by placing OF
the market carcasses of animals tina
{, have been suffering from contagious
diseases.
Sold Diseased Hogs.
And I personally know Of a large
number OF hogs that were sold II
Grand Junction during the last win
ter that had been exposed to necroti,
stomatitis and in all probability {
large per cent OF them were suffern,
from this most filthy disease to {
greater or loss extent
1 To prove how easily this disease Il
transmitted TO the human being DR.
Chas. Lamb. our State Veterinarian
while holding n post norton on {
hoe that had died from this malady
contracted the disease and nearly
lost his life and for several weeks
was under the care of competent ply
sicians Of Denver.
! Killing Emncintcd Cattle.
II I have also observed cattle beinf
/ driven to the slaughter houses that
1 were emaciated some In an advanced
\ stage Of pregnancy and others af
fected with acflnomycosis or what IS
! commonly called lump jaw There
Il Is nc one 10 prevent this meat from
/ being placed in the markets Of Grant
| Junction TO be sold TO and consumed
4 by its residents
II II has not been my purpose to dea|
. exhaustiycly with the different pro
n cesses which are contending for rec
| ognitiou. for they may be left tc
| scientific discussion. but to place be
| fore YOU a few facts in regards to tho
| mea- and milk supply and the dang
l ers arising therefrom. and also to i'm
| press upon you the fact that n com
| petent veterinary inspector should
\ know more about this subject than
/ any other man be he either medical
1 bacterioIorist or chemist.
I Far above all he starts by guard
I ing the health of the COW that pro-
/ ducos the milk. Her environments
aud the protection of the product
| from the time II leaves the udder un-
/ tn II reaches the home Of the CON
sumer. aes =
Thanking you all for your kind ot-
] teutiou.
DIR. A. p. DREW
DON'T
] Mt r.t ,y,ur child qufFer with